Investigating axonal guidance with microdevice-based approaches

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 45, 2013, Pages 17647-17655

  Dupin, Isabelle ^a,b   Dahan, Maxime ^b   Studer, Vincent ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXONAL GUIDANCE; AXONAL RESPONSE; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH CONE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROPIPETTE; MICROPIPETTE BASED ASSAY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; OPTICAL UNCAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STRIPE ASSAY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; GROWTH CONES; NEURONS; NEUROSCIENCES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84887052712     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3277-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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