In vitro assays for neural stem cell differentiation: Induction of dopaminergic phenotype

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 438, Issue , 2008, Pages 205-212

  Daadi, Marcel M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell therapy; Cellular differentiation; Characterization of cell lines; Coculture with Astrocytes; Dopamine induction assay; Glial derived conditioned media; Neural stem cells; Parkinson's disease; Stem cell lines development; Tyrosine hydroxylase expression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934438761     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-133-8_17     Document Type: Article

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