Technical Reference #101

Glass Bottom Culture Dishes

This study used MatTek product(s):

Citation in paper containing MatTek reference:
35 mm dishes with glass coverslip bottoms (MatTek, Ashland, MA) Ashland, MA)

101.

Ampa Receptor Activation Is Rapidly Toxic To Cortical Astrocytes When Desensitization Is Blocked. Jeannie C. David, Kelvin A. Yamada, Mahesh R. Bagwe, and Mark P. Goldberg, Washington University, Center for the Study of Nervous System Injury,, The The Journal of Neuroscience, 16(1), 201, (1996)
Link To Paper

Abstract:
Alhtough cultured astrocytes express functional glutamate receptors, they are generally resistant to excitoxic cell death.

Microscopic Technique
Inverted Microscopy

Cell Type(s)
Astrocyte