Culturing olfactory ensheathing cells from the mouse olfactory epithelium

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 438, Issue , 2008, Pages 95-102

  Richter, Miranda ^a   Westendorf, Kathryn ^a   Roskams, A Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aldynoglia; Olfactory ensheathing glia; Olfactory mucosa; Regeneration; Remyelination; Repair

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934437590     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-133-8_9     Document Type: Article

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