1. The Neurotrophin Family of Neurotrophic Factors - An Overview
Stephen D. Skaper
2. Neuronal Growth-Promoting and Inhibiting Cues in Neuroprotection and Neurodegeneration
Stephen D. Skaper
3. Culture of Rat Cerebellar Granule Neurons and Application to Identify Neuroprotective Agents
Laura Facci and Stephen D. Skaper
4. Isolation and Culture of Neural Progenitor Cells from Rat Postnatal Cerebellum
Morena Zusso and Patrizia Debetto
5. Culture of Rodent Cortical and Hippocampal Neurons
Laura Facci and Stephen D. Skaper
6. Amyloid β-Peptide Neurotoxicity Assay Using Cultured Rat Cortical Neurons
Laura Facci and Stephen D. Skaper
7. Culture of Neonatal Rodent Microglia, Astrocytes, and Oligodendrocytes from Cortex and Spinal Cord
Stephen D. Skaper, Carla Argentini, and Massimo Barbierato
8. Central Nervous System Neuron-Glia Co-Culture Models
Stephen D. Skaper and Laura Facci
9. Culture and Characterization of Rat Mesencephalic Dopaminergic Neurons
Stephen D. Skaper, Giulia Mercanti, and Laura Facci
10. Preparation of Adult Spinal Cord Motor Neuron Cultures Under Serum-Free Conditions
Jose V. Montoya-Gacharna, Jhon Jairo Sutachan, Wai Si Chan, Alexandra Sideris, Thomas J.J. Blanck, and Esperanza Recio-Pinto
11. Rodent Retinal Ganglion Cell Cultures
Stephen D. Skaper
12. Culture of Purified Glial Cell Populations from Optic Nerve
Stephen D. Skaper
13. Isolation and Culture of Rat Cone Photoreceptor Cells
Stephen D. Skaper
14. Rat Retina Pigmented Epithelial Cells
Stephen D. Skaper
15. Mammalian Growth Cone Turning Assays Identify Distinct Cell Signalling Mechanisms that Underlie Axon Growth, Guidance and Regeneration
Andrew J. Murray, Andrew G. Peace, Steven J. Tucker and Derryck A. Shewan
16. Culture of Dissociated Sensory Neurons from Dorsal Root Ganglia of Postnatal and Adult Rats
Davina E. Owen and Julie Egerton
17. Culture and Proliferation of Highly Purified Adult Schwann Cells from Rat, Dog, and Man
Kirsten Haastert-Talini
18. Use of PC12 Cells and Rat Superior Cervical Ganglion Sympathetic Neurons as Models for Neuroprotective Assays Relevant to Parkinson's Disease
Cristina Malagelada Grau and Lloyd A. Greene
19. Compartmented Chambers for Studying Neurotrophic Factor Action
Stephen D. Skaper
20. Preparation and Culture of Adrenal Chromaffin Cells
Natalia Domínguez, Miriam Rodríguez, J. David Machado, and Ricardo Borges
21. Indirect Immunofluorescence Staining of Cultured Neural Cells
Massimo Barbierato, Carla Argentini, and Stephen D. Skaper
22. Neurite Outgrowth Assessment Using High Content Analysis Methodology
Nicholas M. Radio
23. Dissociated Cell Culture for Testing Effects of Carbon Nanotubes on Neuronal Growth
William Lee and Vladimir Parpura
24. High-Resolution Imaging and Evaluation of Spines in Organotypic Hippocampal Slice Cultures
Frederik Sündermann, Nataliya Golovyashkina, Roland Brandt, Lidia Bakota, and Christian Tackenberg
25. Imaging Amyloid Precursor Protein In Vivo - An Axonal Transport Assay
Tomás L. Falzone and Gorazd B. Stokin
26. The Use of Specific AAV Serotypes to Stably Transduce Primary CNS Neuron Cultures
Saafan Z. Malik, Margie Maronski, Marc A. Dichter and Deborah J. Watson
