A Low-Cost Method for Brain Slice Cultures

Autor: Ryuta Koyama, Rieko Muramatsu, Takuya Sasaki, Rie Kimura, Chihiro Ueyama, Makoto Tamura, Naohiro Tamura, Junya Ichikawa, Naoya Takahashi, Atsushi Usami, Maki K. Smith, Norio Matsuki, Yuji Ikegaya
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, Vol 104, Iss 2, Pp 191-194 (2007)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1347-8613
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.SC0070119
Popis: Low-cost, simple procedures for organotypic tissue cultures are desirable for high-throughput biological experiments such as large-scale medical/drug screening. We present a practical and economical method to cultivate brain slices using hydrophilic filtration membranes. With a cost reduction of more than 90%, this technique allows us to prepare hippocampal slice cultures that are morphologically and functionally indistinguishable from those obtained by the widely used Millicell-CM® method. Keywords:: membrane-interface tissue culture, organotypic culture, hippocampal slice
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