A functional motor unit in the culture dish: Co-culture of spinal cord explants and muscle cells

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 62, 2012, Pages

  Arnold, Anne Sophie ^a   Christe, Martine ^a   Handschin, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Contraction; Embryonic spinal cord explants; Human primary muscle cells; Innervation; Issue 62; Neurites; Neuroscience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860634131     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3616     Document Type: Article

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