Technical Reference #789

Glass Bottom Culture Dishes

This study used MatTek product(s):

Citation in paper containing MatTek reference:
24-well culture plates or in glass-bottom 35-mm dishes (MatTek; Ashland; MA)

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Zinc Induces A Src Family Kinase-Mediated Up-Regulation Of Nmda Receptor Activity And Excitotoxicity Pat Manzerra; M. Margarita Behrens; Lorella M. T. Canzoniero; Xue Qing Wang; Vale´ rie Heidinger; Tomomi Ichinose; Shan Ping Yu; and Dennis W. Choi, Washington University, PNAS, 98(789), (2001)
Link To Paper

Abstract:
Zinc is coreleased with glutamate from excitatory nerve terminals throughout the central nervous system and acutely inhibits Nmethyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor activation. Here we reportthat cultured murine cortical neurons briefly exposed to subleth

Materials & Methods:
Dissociated cortical cells were plated on established glial cultures in 24-well culture plates or in glass-bottom 35-mm dishes (MatTek Ashland MA)

Microscopic Technique
Fluorescence Microscopy

Cell Type(s)
Neurons