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<strong>Slice Culture Medium</strong> | |||
Minimum Essential Medium | Invitrogen | 11090 | 50% |
Hank’s Balanced Salt Solution | Invitrogen | 14175 | 25% |
HEPES | Sigma-Aldrich | H-4034 | 25mM |
L-Glutamine | Invitrogen | 25030 | 1mM |
Insulin | Sigma-Aldrich | I6634 | 1mg/L |
Ascorbic Acid | Sigma-Aldrich | A-0278 | 0.4mM |
Horse Serum | Hyclone | SH30074.03 | 25% |
Titrate to pH 7.22 with NaOH, filter with bottle top filter, and store at 4 degrees Celsius | |||
<strong>Dissection Buffer</strong> | |||
NaCl | Sigma-Aldrich | S3014 | 124mM |
KCl | Sigma-Aldrich | P5405 | 3.004mM |
KH<sub>2</sub>PO<sub>4</sub> | Sigma-Aldrich | P5655 | 1.25mM |
MgSO<sub>4</sub> (anhydrous) | Sigma-Aldrich | M7506 | 4.004mM |
CaCl<sub>2</sub> 2H<sub>2</sub>O | Sigma-Aldrich | C7902 | 2mM |
NaHCO<sub>3</sub> | Sigma-Aldrich | S5761 | 26mM |
D-(+)-Glucose | Sigma-Aldrich | G7021 | 10mM |
Ascorbic Acid | Sigma-Aldrich | A-0278 | 2.0mM |
Adenosine | Sigma-Aldrich | A4036 | 0.075mM |
Filter with bottle top filter and store at 4 degrees Celsius, oxygenate with 95%O<sub>2</sub> 5%CO<sub>2</sub> before use | |||
<strong>Other Reagents and Supplies</strong> | |||
4-hydroxy tamoxifen (4OHT) | Sigma-Aldrich | H7904 | 100nM |
Paraformaldehyde (PFA) | EM Sciences | 19200 | 4% |
L-Lysine | Sigma-Aldrich | L-6027 | 0.1M |
Sodium Metaperiodate | Sigma-Aldrich | S-1878 | 0.01M |
Rabbit anti NG2 antibody | Chemicon (Millipore) | AB5320 | 1:500 |
Mouse anti CC1 antibody | Calbiochem (Millipore) | OP80 | 1:200 |
Mouse anti Ki67 antibody | Vision Biosystems | NCL-Ki67-MM1 | 1:300 |
Mouse anti NeuN antibody | Chemicon (Millipore) | MAB377 | 1:500 |
Species specific secondary antibodies | Jackson Immunoresearch | ||
Normal Goat Serum (NGS) | 5% | ||
Triton X-100 | 0.10% | ||
Mounting medium with DAPI | Vector Labs | H-1200 | |
Millicell culture membrane inserts 0.45μm pore size | Fisher Scientific | PICM03050 | |
Bottle top filters | Fisher Scientific | 09-740-25E | |
Ethanol | |||
95% O<sub>2</sub> 5% CO<sub>2</sub> gas mix | |||
Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS) | |||
Sterile six well plates | |||
Dissecting (hippocampal) or weighing spatulas | |||
Manual or automatic tissue chopper | |||
Razor blades | |||
Disposable transfer pipettes | |||
35mm and 60mm sterile Petri dishes | |||
Stereomicroscope | |||
Inverted Phase Microscope | |||
Laminar Flow Hood | |||
Tissue Culture Incubator | |||
Inverted Fluorescence Microcope |