Transferable neuronal mini-cultures to accelerate screening in primary and induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Niedringhaus, Mark ^a,d   Dumitru, Raluca ^d,e,f   Mabb, Angela M ^b,d   Wang, Yuli ^c   Philpot, Benjamin D ^b,d   Allbritton, Nancy L ^a,c   Taylor, Anne Marion ^a,d  

^a Biomedical Research Imaging Center   (United States)

^b UNC Department of Cell Biology and Physiology   (United States)

^c UNC Department of Chemistry   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNC Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Core   (United States)

^f UNC Department of Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRECLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HUMANS; MICE; NEURONS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE;

EID: 84930644655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08353     Document Type: Article

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