Article
Isolation of living neurons from human elderly brains using the immunomagnetic sorting DNA-linker system.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Nov 2002
Konishi Yoshihiro, Lindholm Kristina, Yang Li-Bang, Li Rena, Shen Yong
Abstract excerpt
Isolation and culture of mature neurons from affected brain regions during diseased states provide a well-suited in vitro model system to study age-related neurodegeneration under dynamic conditions at cellular levels. We have developed a novel technique to isolate living neurons from rapidly autopsied human elderly brains, and have succeeded in keeping them alive in vitro. Specifically, the parietal cortex...
Topics
- Aged
- Brain
- Calcium
- Cell Survival
- Cells, Cultured
- DNA
- Female
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Immunomagnetic Separation
- Male
- Neurons
- Neurotransmitter Agents
- Phenotype
