Expansion of embryonic and adult neural stem cells by in utero electroporation or viral stereotaxic injection

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 68, 2012, Pages

  Artegiani, Benedetta ^a   Lange, Christian ^a   Calegari, Federico ^a  

^a CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE THERAPIES DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult neurogenesis; Brain development; Cyclin D1; Cyclin dependent kinase 4 (cdk4); Developmental biology; In utero electroporation; Issue 68; Neural stem cells (NSC); Neuroscience; Stem cell biology; Viral stereotaxic injection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868293522     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/4093     Document Type: Article

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