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Chapters
- 00:00Title
- 00:35Introduction
- 01:50Enucleation of Murine Eyes and Dissection of Retinas
- 04:02Dissection of Embryonic, Postnatal and Adult Murine Retinas
- 11:40Murine Organotypic Retinal Wholemount Culture
- 14:10Dissociation of Cultured Retinal Wholemounts
- 19:35Washing of Dissociated Cell Suspensions
- 24:49Conclusion
This video article demonstrates the establishment of organotypic retinal wholemount cultures and a cytospin procedure for analysis of exogenously induced effects. Organotypic retinal wholemount cultures mimic the in vivo situation and significantly facilitate the accessibility of murine retinas for experimental manipulations while circumventing the disadvantages of classical murine animal models.
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In Vivo-like Organotypic Murine Retinal Wholemount CultureTargeted Gene AblationsAnimal ModelsRetinal Gene FunctionTransgenic Mouse ModelsConditional Knockout Mouse ModelsPrimary Cell CultureRecombinant FactorsGene OverexpressionSiRNA-mediated Gene KnockdownControlled EnvironmentDissociated Cell CultureEndogenous SignalsExogenously Triggered EffectsPharmacological ManipulationOrganotypic Retinal Wholemount CulturesPhysiological In Vivo SituationNeuronal InteractionsConnections PreservedDissection PeculiaritiesEmbryonic EyesPostnatal EyesAdult Murine EyesNeuronal ApoptosisRetinal Cell Proliferation
