Cell culture techniques
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Clonal cell lines
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OLN-93, C6 cells, PC12 cells, 3T3 cells
Primary cultures
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Neuronal cultures
(rat cerebral neurons, dorsal root ganglion neurons)
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Glia cell cultures
(oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, microglia)
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Cell viability determination
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MTT-assay, Neutralred-assay
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Trypan Blue staining, LDH-assay
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Nuclear staining, TUNEL staining
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Mitochondrial integrity, Proteasome activity
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Microscopy
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Phase contrast microscopy
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Hoffman modulation contrast imaging
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Fluorescence microscopy
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Confocal laser microscopy
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Laser capture microscopy (followed by PCR analysis)
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Protein analysis
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SDS-Polyacrylamide gelelectrophoresis
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Immunoblot analysis
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Microtubule binding assay
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Solubility assay
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Molecular Biology
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Cell transfection
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Small interfering RNA
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