Isolation and culture of endothelial cells from the embryonic forebrain

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 83, 2014, Pages

  Peeyush Kumar, T ^a,b   Vasudevan, Anju ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Embryonic forebrain; Endothelial cell; Isolation; Issue 83; Mouse; Neuroscience; Purification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940293321     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51021     Document Type: Article

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