Organotypic slice Co-culture systems to study axon regeneration in the dopaminergic system ex vivo

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1162, Issue , 2014, Pages 97-111

  Heine, Claudia ^a   Franke, Heike ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Dopaminergic system; Organotypic slice co cultures; Prefrontal cortex; Striatum; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCULTURE; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EX VIVO STUDY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEWBORN; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TISSUE SLICE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; DISSECTION; METABOLISM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TISSUE FIXATION; WISTAR RAT;

ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DISSECTION; DOPAMINE; NERVE REGENERATION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84922391273     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0777-9_8     Document Type: Article

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