Technical Reference #808

Glass Bottom Culture Dishes

This study used MatTek product(s):

Citation in paper containing MatTek reference:
coated glass-bottom MatTek dishes

808.

Reduced Expression Of P2Y1 Receptors In Connexin43–Null Mice Alters Calcium Signaling And Migration Of Neural Progenitor Cells Eliana Scemes, Nathalie Duval, and Paolo Meda, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Institute Pasteur, Centre Medical Universitaire, The Journal of Neuroscience, 23(808), 11445, (2003)
Link To Paper

Abstract:
Glial calcium signals play important roles during CNS development. Calcium transients induced by ATP, acting on purinergic receptors,stimulate DNA synthesis, increase astrocytic and neural stem cell proliferation, and are prominent during the differenti

Keywords:
Key words: P2 receptors; calcium oscillations; neurospheres; progenitors; gap junction; connexin

Materials & Methods:
plated on coated glass-bottom MatTek dishes for outgrowth (migration) assays (see below).

Microscopic Technique
Fluorescence Microscopy

Cell Type(s)
Neurospheres