Plate reader-based assays for measuring cell viability, neuroprotection and calcium in primary neuronal cultures

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 141-145

  Burroughs, Stephanie L ^a   Duncan, R Scott ^a   Rayudu, Parvathi ^a   Kandula, Prasanthi ^a   Payne, Andrew J ^a   Clark, Julie L ^a   Koulen, Peter ^a   Kaja, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium mobilization; Cytotoxicity; Drug screening; High throughput screening; Neuroprotection; Primary neuronal culture

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; 3 NITROPROPIONIC ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CALCIUM ION; NIFEDIPINE; TERT BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE; TROLOX C; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CELL ASSAY; CELL PROTECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLATE READER ASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; NEURONS; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 81555214112     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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