Organotypic Cultures as a Model of Parkinson´s Disease. A Twist to an Old Model
Organotypic cultures from the ventral mesencephalon (VM) are widely used to model Parkinson's disease (PD). In this method, neurotoxic compounds have traditionally been applied to the media to induce a uniform dopaminergic (DAergic) cell death in the tissue slices, regardless of the variation e...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2009-01-01
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| Series: | The Scientific World Journal |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2009.68 |