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Isolation and Maintenance of Cortical Neural Progenitor Cells In Vitro

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Neural Development

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 1018))

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Neural progenitor cells (NPCs) or neural stem cells are important tools for investigating central nervous system (CNS) development. NPCs can be used in therapeutic strategies and for characterizing differentiation mechanisms. Here, we describe methods for isolating and culturing embryonic NPCs.

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  1. Translational Research Center for Protein Function Control, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

    Mi-Yeon Kim, Byoung-San Moon & Kang-Yell Choi

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  1. , Department of Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, Frelinghuysen Road 164, Piscataway, 08854, New Jersey, USA

    Renping Zhou

  2. , Inst. Molecular Medicine & Genetics, Georgia Health Sciences University, 15th Street 1120, Augusta, 30912, Georgia, USA

    Lin Mei

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Kim, MY., Moon, BS., Choi, KY. (2013). Isolation and Maintenance of Cortical Neural Progenitor Cells In Vitro. In: Zhou, R., Mei, L. (eds) Neural Development. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1018. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-444-9_1

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