Abstract
In the enteric nervous system, there exist a lot of local intrinsic neurons which control the gastrointestinal functions. Culture of enteric neurons provides a good model system for physiological, electrophysiological, and pharmacological studies. Here, we describe two methods to obtain sufficient enteric neurons from mouse myenteric plexuses by directly culturing primary neurons or inducing neuronal differentiation of enteric neural stem/progenitor cells.
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Zhang, Y., Hu, W. (2013). Mouse Enteric Neuronal Cell Culture. In: Amini, S., White, M. (eds) Neuronal Cell Culture. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1078. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-640-5_6
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