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Primary Cultures of Rat Astrocytes and Microglia and Their Use in the Study of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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Neuroscience
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JoVE Journal Neuroscience
Primary Cultures of Rat Astrocytes and Microglia and Their Use in the Study of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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09:36 min

June 23, 2022

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Chapters

  • 00:04Introduction
  • 01:04Primary Cell Culture Preparation
  • 04:21Microglial Cell Culture
  • 05:26Time-Lapse Video Imaging
  • 06:36Data Analysis
  • 07:34Results: Characterization of Different Glial Cell Types in Culture
  • 08:43Conclusion

Summary

Automatic Translation

We present here a protocol on how to prepare primary cultures of glial cells, astrocytes, and microglia from rat cortices for time-lapse video imaging of intracellular Ca2+ for research on pathophysiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the hSOD1G93A rat model.

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