A high throughput drug screening assay to identify compounds that promote oligodendrocyte differentiation using acutely dissociated and purified oligodendrocyte precursor cells
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Long-Term Culture of Purified Postnatal Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cells
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Research Notes
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1756-0500
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-016-2220-2