Organotypic slice cultures to Study oligodendrocyte dynamics and myelination

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 90, 2014, Pages

  Hill, Robert A ^a,b   Medved, Jelena ^a   Patel, Kiran D ^a   Nishiyama, Akiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CSPG4; Issue 90; Myelin; Neuroscience; NG2; Oligodendrocyte; Oligodendrocyte progenitor cell; Organotypic slice culture; polydendrocyte; Time lapse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906771253     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51835     Document Type: Article

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