Using primary neuron cultures of drosophila to analyze neuronal circuit formation and function

Neuromethods

Volumn 69, Issue , 2012, Pages 225-247

  Prokop, Andreas ^a   Küppers Munther, Barbara ^b,c   Sánchez Soriano, Natalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Cellartis   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Axonal growth; Cell culture; Cytoskeleton; Drosophila; Neurogenesis; Primary neurons; Synapse formation

Indexed keywords

ION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL MATURATION; CELL POLARITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOSKELETON; CYTOTOXICITY; DENDRITE; DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA; GENOTYPE; IN VIVO STUDY; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SCHENEIDER MEDIUM; SYNAPSE; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 84867547076     PISSN: 08932336     EISSN: 19406045     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-830-6_10     Document Type: Article

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