The analysis of neurovascular remodeling in entorhino-hippocampal organotypic slice cultures

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 92, 2014, Pages

  Chip, Sophorn ^a   Zhu, Xinzhou ^b   Kapfhammer, Josef P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Excitotoxic; Hippocampus; Ischemia; Issue 92; Neurobiology; Neurovascular remodeling; Pyramidal cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84908326644     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/52023     Document Type: Article

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