Imaging analysis of neuron to glia interaction in microfluidic culture platform (MCP)-based neuronal axon and glia Co-culture system

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 68, 2012, Pages

  Higashimori, Haruki ^a   Yang, Yongjie ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysics; Cell culture; Cellular biology; Compartmented culture; Glia; Issue 68; Microfluidic culture platform; Microfluidics; Molecular biology; Neuron to glia signaling; Neurons; Neuroscience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868267014     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/4448     Document Type: Article

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