[Study of cytokines in the neural tissue culture].

Rossiiskii fiziologicheskii zhurnal imeni I.M. Sechenova1999PMID: 10389160

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Epithalamin and other brain peptides activated organotypic nerve tissue cultures from chick embryos, stimulating growth in dorsal root ganglia and brain tissue explants. These findings suggest epithalamin has neurite-stimulating properties that may support neural tissue development.

Abstract

Natural brain peptides cortexin and epithalamine, and synthetic polypeptides were used to study their effects on organotypic culture of dorsal root ganglia and brain tissue from a 10-11-day old chick embryo. The effects involved activation of the tissue culture.

Authors

Chalisova, N I; Khavinson, V Kh