Self-formation of layered neural structures in three-dimensional culture of ES cells

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 768-777

  Eiraku, Mototsugu ^a   Sasai, Yoshiki ^a  

^a RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL INTERACTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FLOATING AGGREGATION CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL CELL CULTURE; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; NEUROGENESIS;

EID: 84868206007     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2012.02.005     Document Type: Review

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