The Neuron in Tissue Culture

This volume in the Handbook Series contains 73 contributions from experts in the range of fields to which neuronal tissue culture may be applied. Twenty-two keynote chapters contain methods, well-illustrated with data from the contributing authors? laboratones, which exemplify ?landmark? applications of the technique. Three further tutorial chapters review artefacts of the tissue culture environment, the understanding and control of neuronal apoptosis in vitro, and the culture substratum. The volume concludes with five chapters containing short protocols describing systematically the maintenance and propagation of neurons from mammalian and avian peripheral and central nervous systems, stem cell populations, invertebrate neurons, and finally selected organised and reconstruction techniques which are given prominent treatment throughout the book. The Neuron in Tissue Culture is a comprehensive reference source dealing exclusively with the tissue culture of neurons. It is essential reading for all those with research interests in neuroscience, including developmental biologists, neurologists, nerve cell physiologists and neuropharmaoologists.