Directing mouse embryonic neurosphere differentiation toward an enriched neuronal population

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue , 2014, Pages 94-99

  Torrado, Ema F ^a   Gomes, Cátia ^a   Santos, Gisela ^a   Fernandes, Adelaide ^a   Brites, Dora ^a   Falcão, Ana S ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES IMED ULISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Mouse cortex E15 neurospheres; Mouse neural stem cells; Neural progenitor cells; Neuronal differentiation

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; BETA3 TUBULIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SOX2 PROTEIN, RAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GLIA CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROSPHERE CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BRAIN; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; GLIA; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MICE; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905379941     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: 1873474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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