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Modeling Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease In Vitro by Transfecting Mouse Primary Motoneurons
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Chapters
- 00:04Title
- 00:36Dissection
- 01:49Spinal Cord Cell Suspension
- 02:58Motoneuron Enrichment by Gradient Density
- 04:42Motoneuron Culture and Magnetofection
- 06:00Results: Confocal Images of Magnetofected Motoneurons
- 06:59Conclusion
The goal of this technique is to prepare a highly enriched culture of primary motoneurons (MNs) from murine spinal cord. To evaluate the consequences of mutations causing MN diseases, we describe here the isolation of these isolated MNs and their transfection by magnetofection.
Tags
Charcot-Marie-Tooth DiseaseIn Vitro ModelingPrimary Motor NeuronsTransfectionNeurobiologyMotor Neuron PolarityAxon GuidanceAxon TraffickingNeurodegenerative MechanismsEnriched Motor Neuron CultureKnockdown ProteinSpinal Cord DissectionEnzymatic DigestionCell SuspensionDensity Gradient CentrifugationMotoneuron Enrichment
