Methods to culture, differentiate, and characterize neural stem cells from the adult and embryonic mouse central nervous system

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 946, Issue , 2013, Pages 479-506

  Louis, Sharon A ^a   Mak, Carmen K H ^a   Reynolds, Brent A ^b  

^a STEMCELL Technologies   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS; Culture; Differentiation; Embryonic neural stem cells; Murine; Neurospheres; Stem cells; Subventricular zone

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 84871860598     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-128-8_30     Document Type: Article

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