Neurofilament / GFAP / bisBenzimide Neuronal Coverslips Immunostained E18 Sprague Dawley rat hippocampal or cortical neurons after 14 days in culture. Stained red (568 nm excitation) for neurofilament, green (488 nm excitation) for astroglial GFAP (glial fibrillary acidic protein), and blue (400 nm excitation) for nuclei, mounted on a microscope slide. Neurons are grown on a glass coverslip, fixed, and mounted on a glass microscope slide.

BrainBits Complete Culturing Kit The BrainBits Complete Culturing Kit contains everything you need to start a culture from fresh embryonic tissue. This kit is perfect for the researcher just starting out or for those who want reliability.

Fresh adult prefrontal cortex brain tissue and media are provided to initiate a culture of primary mouse neurons.

One vial containing 10 pairs of adult mouse DRG's and a 12 ml vial of culture medium are provided to initiate a culture of primary mouse DRG's. Please refer to the Primary P8 DRG Culturing Protocol for additional items required for successful culturing of this product.

Minimum Order of 4 or More. Please allow 2 - 3 weeks for delivery.

Adult Rat Pineal Gland Tissue Fresh adult pineal gland brain tissue and media are provided to initiate a culture of primary rat neurons.

Adult Mouse Pineal Gland Adult pineal gland tissue and media are provided to initiate a culture.

NbActiv4® neuron culture medium without phenol red is an improved version of Neurobasaltm / B27tm. NbActiv4 grows neurons with twice as many synapses and up to 8x higher spike rates than Neurobasal/B27. NbActiv4 minus phenol red was optimized for maximum spike rates by addition of 3 new components to Neurobasal/B27: creatine, estrogen and cholesterol. Measures of respiration indicated that neurons in NbActiv4 were under less metabolic stress and operated more efficiently under demand loading from glutamate. These results suggest that NbActiv4 will be a convenient and useful serum-free neuron culture medium for electrophysiology, developmental synaptic plasticity, neuronal network analyses, pharmacology, toxicology and drug discovery. Synapses and spiking activity develop earlier, starting at 1 week in NbActiv4 compared to Neurobasal/B27 (Brewer et al. 2008. Neuron network activity scales exponentially with synapse density. J. Neural Eng., in press) Brewer,GJ., Boehler, MD; Jones, TT, Wheeler, BC. 2008. NbActiv4 medium for neurons increases synaptic densities and network spike rates on multielectrode arrays compared to Neurobasal/B27. J. Neurosci. meth. 170:181-187 (PM 18308400) Strategies for switching to NbActiv4® from Neurobasal/B27 NbActiv4 contains all the ingredients in Neurobasal + B27 +Glutamax (all Invitrogen). It can be stored at 4 °C for up to 6 months if unopened. It should not be frozen. Both media (Neurobasal/B27 and NbActiv4) are designed for use at 37 °C in a 5% CO2 incubator. Neurons are subject to less oxidative stress if the oxygen is also regulated at 9%. To evaluate NbActiv4 in the context of current experiments, we suggest a side-by-side comparison. For new lines of study, experiments can begin directly with NbActiv4. Beginning cultures in Neurobasal/B27 followed by a switch to NbActiv4 shows no indication of being better than use of NbActiv4 from the start. One-Half medium changes with incubator temperature equilibrated medium should be performed at least once a week, with more frequent changes at cell densities above 300 cells/mm2. NBActiv4 must be shipped overnight. Click here for our Primary Neuronal Culturing Protocol. Please do not hesitate to contact us with questions.

E18 PreFrontal Cortex Fresh E18 tissue from C57 mouse and media are provided to initiate a culture of PreFrontal Cortex.

E18 Pineal Gland Fresh E18 tissue from Sprague Dawley rat and media are provided to initiate a culture of Pineal Gland.

Minimum Order of 4 or More. Please allow 2 - 3 weeks for delivery.

Microsurgically dissected Hippocampus from E18 mouse is provided along with media to initiate a culture of primary mouse neurons. 1 million viable cells guaranteed. All orders must be placed the day before the specified dissection date