A protocol for isolation and enriched monolayer cultivation of neural precursor cells from mouse dentate gyrus

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUL, 2011, Pages

  Babu, Harish ^a   Claasen, Jan Hendrik ^b,c,d   Kannan, Suresh ^b   Rünker, Annette E ^b   Palmer, Theo ^a   Kempermann, Gerd ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE THERAPIES DRESDEN   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult neurogenesis; Hippocampus; In vitro; Precursor cell; Progenitor cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860450524     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2011.00089     Document Type: Article

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