Culture of rodent cortical and hippocampal neurons

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 846, Issue , 2012, Pages 49-56

  Facci, Laura ^a   Skaper, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Cortex; Embryonic; Hippocampus; Mouse; Neurons; Newborn; Rat

Indexed keywords

PAPAIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL SEPARATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DISSECTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SEPARATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISSECTION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; NEURONS; PAPAIN; RATS;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84859853954     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-536-7_5     Document Type: Article

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