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R&D Systems specializes in providing the highest quality media supplements, adhesion substrates, recombinant proteins, verification antibodies, and neuromodulatory compounds for neuronal cell culture research. All of our reagents for culturing cells of the nervous system are designed to help maintain consistency within and across your experiments. Click on the neuronal cell culture categories below to quickly jump to relevant products.
Culture Media & Supplements
Neural Media Supplements
Provides optimal growth conditions for neurons and neural stem cell cultures.
N21-MAX Media Supplement
Provides reliable maturation and superior function of neurons in culture.
L-Glutamine
Stable form of L-glutamine for supplementation into cell culture media.
Laminin-I
This highly purified Mouse Laminin-I promotes cell adhesion, migration, growth, and differentiation.
Poly-L-Lysine
A highly positively-charged amino acid chain commonly used as a coating agent to promote cell adhesion in culture.
Poly-D-Lysine
Promotes cell adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation of cultured neurons and is resistant to enzymatic degradation.
Fluorescent Probes and Imaging Dyes
Visualize activity in your cell cultures with fluorescent compounds offered by Tocris Bioscience.
Other Cell Adhesion Substrates
Substrates to support the attachment of neural cells to culture dishes and coverslips.
Artificial Cerebrospinal Fluid (aCSF)
Microfiltered, sterile, and matches electrolyte concentrations found in CSF.
Proteins
Axon Guidance and Migration
Tools to study molecules involved in axon guidance and neuron migration.
Neurotrophic Factors
Tools to study the role of neurotrophic factors in brain development, CNS homeostasis, and regeneration.
Synaptic Proteins and Receptors
Tools to study molecules essential for synaptic transmission.
Agonists & Antagonists from Tocris Bioscience
GABAergic
Modulate GABAergic receptors, including GABAA and GABAB,with compounds from Tocris Bioscience.
Glutamatergic
Modulate Glutamatergic receptors, including NMDA, AMPA, and Kainate, with compounds from Tocris Bioscience.
Dopaminergic
Modulate Dopaminergic receptors with compounds from Tocris Bioscience.
Seratonergic
Modulate Seratonergic (5-HT) receptors with compounds from Tocris Bioscience.
Acetylcholinergic - Nicotinic
Modulate Nicotinic Acetylcholine receptors with compounds from Tocris Bioscience.
Acetylcholinergic - Muscarinic
Modulate Muscarinic Acetylcholine receptors with compounds from Tocris Bioscience.
Caged Compounds
Photolytically-released Ligands
Compounds that will release neurotransmitter agonists and antagonists through photolysis.
Cell Marker Antibodies
Neuronal Lineage Markers
Individual antibodies to standard and cell-specific neuronal subtype markers.
Glial Lineage Markers
Individual antibodies for astrocytes, microglia, and oligodendrocytes.
Synaptic Markers
Individual antibodies for proteins involved in synaptic development and transmission.
Neural Stem Cell Markers
Antibodies to identify and characterize neural stem cells.
Protocols
Mouse Cortical Stem Cells: Culturing using the Neurosphere System
Rat Cortical Stem Cells: Culturing using the Monolayer System
Rat Cortical Stem Cells: Culturing using the Neurosphere System
Protocol for Culturing Rat Cortical Neurons
Protocol for Culturing Embryonic Rat Spinal Motor Neurons
Protocol for Culturing Embryonic Chick Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons
Protocol for Culturing Rat Hippocampal Neurons
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