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In the last few years we have utilized cerebellar primary cultures in order to study problems related to the differentiation, lineage and function of cerebellar glial cells.
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Levi, G., Aloisi, F., Gallo, V., Agresti, C. (1988). Differentiation of Glial Precursors in Cerebellar Primary Cultures. In: Gorio, A., Perez-Polo, J.R., de Vellis, J., Haber, B. (eds) Neural Development and Regeneration. NATO ASI Series, vol 22. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73148-8_4
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