Live imaging of mitosis in the developing mouse embryonic cortex

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 88, 2014, Pages

  Pilaz, Louis Jan ^a   Silver, Debra L ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Developing cortex; Issue 88; Live imaging; Mitosis; Neural progenitors; Neuroscience; Radial glial cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926364274     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51298     Document Type: Article

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