Purification and culture of astrocytes

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 485-487

  Foo, Lynette C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; CULTURE MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL SUSPENSION; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GLIA; NONHUMAN; PURIFICATION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL SEPARATION; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RAT; METHODOLOGY;

RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SEPARATION; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; MICE; RATS;

EID: 84878839254     PISSN: 19403402     EISSN: 15596095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.top070912     Document Type: Article

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