Novel, ring-inserts“ are prepared (1) and loaded with growth factors of interest using microcontact printing (2). Brain slices taken from postnatal day 8-10 mice are added (3) and nerve fibers grow along these prints. On living slices calcium imaging is (IMAGE)

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Novel, ring-inserts“ are prepared (1) and loaded with growth factors of interest using microcontact printing (2). Brain slices taken from postnatal day 8-10 mice are added (3) and nerve fibers grow along these prints. On living slices calcium imaging is

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Novel, ring-inserts' are prepared (1) and loaded with growth factors of interest using microcontact printing (2). Brain slices taken from postnatal day 8-10 mice are added (3) and nerve fibers grow along these prints. On living slices calcium imaging is performed (4) and nerve fibers are stained using immunofluorescence (5).

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Alessa Gern, Patricia Lehmann, Judith Schäfer, Christian Humpel∗/ Laboratory of Psychiatry and Experimental Alzheimer’s Research, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria

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