Microfluidic primary culture model of the lower motor neuron-neuromuscular junction circuit

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 164-169

  Southam, Katherine A ^a,b   King, Anna E ^b   Blizzard, Catherine A ^a   McCormack, Graeme H ^b   Dickson, Tracey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Microfluidic; Motor neuron; Muscle; Neuromuscular junction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROFLUIDICS; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

Α-BTX; Α-BUNGAROTOXIN; ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; ACHR; CELL CULTURE; DAYS IN VITRO; DIV; HANKS BALANCED SALT SOLUTION; HBSS; MICROFLUIDIC; MOTOR NEURON; MUSCLE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NMJ; PDMS; POLY(DIMETHYLSILOXANE);

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CELLS; NEUROGLIA; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84880439030     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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