Preparation of primary microglia cultures from postnatal mouse and rat brains

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1041, Issue , 2013, Pages 25-31

  Deierborg, Tomas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Cytokine; Inflammation; Microglia; Postnatal

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PHAGOCYTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOLOGY; MICROGLIA; MIXED CELL CULTURE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE PREPARATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; MICE; MICROGLIA; RATS;

EID: 84880116276     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-520-0_4     Document Type: Article

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