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Electrophysiological Studies of Normal and Neoplastic Cells in Tissue Culture

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Tissue Culture of the Nervous System

Part of the book series: Current Topics in Neurobiology ((CTNB))

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A number of tissue culture preparations have been extensively studied electrophysiologically, and this chapter will seek to summarize some of the observations which have been made on a number of continuous cell lines and on long-term cultures of normal, dissociated nerve and muscle cells. No attempt will be made to cover the valuable studies of nerve and muscle explants which have appeared over the past several years (Corner and Crain, 1972; Crain et al., 1970; Peterson and Crain, 1970).

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Nelson, P.G. (1973). Electrophysiological Studies of Normal and Neoplastic Cells in Tissue Culture. In: Sato, G. (eds) Tissue Culture of the Nervous System. Current Topics in Neurobiology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2904-6_6

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