Visualisation and quantification of dendritic spines in cultured human Medium Spiny Neurons (MSNs)

By Quyen Do and Richard Wade-Martins, PhD
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Description
This protocol describes the visualisation of dendritic spines of human neurons cultured on coverslips in vitro and subsequent quantification using the software Imaris.
Identifier (DOI)
10.17504/protocols.io.261ge397jl47/v1
Tags
  • hiPSCs (Human induced pluripotent stem cells)
  • Human
  • In Vitro
  • Other
Team
Team Cragg
Program
Collaborative Research Network
Theme
Circuitry and Brain-Body Interactions

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