Cell number, tissue thickness and protein content as measures for development and variability in cultured neocortex explants |
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Authors: | BM De Jong JM Ruijter |
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Institution: | Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Meibergdreef 33, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | The development of neuronal number, explant thickness and amount of protein was studied in several series of rat neocortex expiants, cultured up to 21 days in vitro (DIV). In contrast to the dimensions of the explant, which rapidly stabilized, the amount of protein showed a prolonged increase with age in vitro. The number of neurons initially tended to decrease until a constant level was reached from 14 to 21 DIV. These findings are in good agreement with previously described cytoarchitectural characteristics. The present data also provided an opportunity to calculate the variance for various parameters within and between culture series obtained from different rats. Especially for the amount of protein, the variance between culture series appeared to be larger than within culture series. This difference was present already at the onset of culturing and persisted during development in vitro. Implications of these findings for experimental design are discussed. |
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Keywords: | cerebral cortex cultures morphometry number of neurons protein development analysis of variance |
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