General considerations for live imaging of developing hippocampal neurons in culture

Stefanie Kaech; Chun Fang Huang; Gary Banker

doi:10.1101/pdb.ip068221

General considerations for live imaging of developing hippocampal neurons in culture

Stefanie Kaech, Chun Fang Huang, Gary Banker

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Dissociated cell cultures of the rodent hippocampus have become a standard model for studying many facets of neural development, including the development of polarity, axonal and dendritic growth, and synapse formation. The cultures are quite homogeneous-~90% of the cells are pyramidal neurons- and it is relatively easy to express green fluorescent protein (GFP)-tagged proteins by transfection. This article describes the cultures and the key features of the system used to image them. It also includes suggestions on labeling cells with GFP-tagged proteins. It concludes with a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of this culture system.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	312-318
Number of pages	7
Journal	Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
Volume	7
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1101/pdb.ip068221
State	Published - Mar 2012
Externally published	Yes

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