Isolation and culture of spinal cord astrocytes

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 814, Issue , 2012, Pages 93-104

  Kerstetter, Amber E ^a   Miller, Robert H ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult astrocytes; Astrocyte culture; Culture; GFAP; Glia; Postnatal astrocytes; Purification; Spinal cord; Spinal cord astrocytes; Type 1 Astrocytes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DISSECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DISSECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RATS; SPINAL CORD;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84862955190     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-452-0_7     Document Type: Article

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