A method to investigate radial glia cell behavior using two-photon time-lapse microscopy in an ex vivo model of spinal cord development

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 8, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Pakan, Janelle M P ^a   McDermott, Kieran W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Brain lipid binding protein (BLBP); Electroporation; Organotypic slice culture; Progenitor cell; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROGLIA; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD; TWO PHOTON TIME LAPSE MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84898480135     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00022     Document Type: Article

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