title: Culturing rat hippocampal neurons.
abstract: Cultured neurons are widely used to investigate the mechanisms of neurotoxicity. Embryonic rat hippocampal neurons may be grown as described under a wide variety of conditions to suit differing experimental procedures, including electrophysiology, morphological analysis of neurite development, and various biochemical and molecular analyses.
authors.affiliation: University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Audesirk
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Audesirk
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferguson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley