Culture of neonatal rodent microglia, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes from cortex and spinal cord

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 846, Issue , 2012, Pages 67-77

  Skaper, Stephen D ^a   Argentini, Carla ^a   Barbierato, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Cell culture; Cortex; Microglia; Oligodendrocytes; Rat; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL SEPARATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NEWBORN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SEPARATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; MICE; MICROGLIA; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RATS; SPINAL CORD;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84859871858     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-536-7_7     Document Type: Article

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