Ruminant organotypic brain-slice cultures as a model for the investigation of CNS listeriosis

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 259-268

  Guldimann, Claudia ^a   Lejeune, Beatrice ^a   Hofer, Sandra ^a   Leib, Stephen L ^a   Frey, Joachim ^a   Zurbriggen, Andreas ^a   Seuberlich, Torsten ^a   Oevermann, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; in vitro model; Listeria monocytogenes; Organotypic brain slice cultures; Rhombencephalitis; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BOVIDS; CELL POPULATION; CELL VIABILITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LISTERIOSIS; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CATTLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CEREBELLUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MICROGLIA; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84863990902     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: 13652613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2012.00821.x     Document Type: Article

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