Cultured Neural Networks

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Cultured neural networks refer to groups of interconnected nerve cells living in vitro. Such networks have been shown to be histiotypic; they exhibit physiological, pharmacological, and electrical properties similar to the brain tissue they came from (Dichter, 1978). Therefore, these networks have become accepted models for testing neural behavior in a setting that is more accessible than their in vivo counterparts.

There are two main camps when it comes to cultured neural networks. There are the Brain Slice people, and the Previously dissociated people. Brain slices are exactly what they sound like; A whole brain is re

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Dichter, MA (1978) Rat cortical neurons in cell culture: culture methods, cell morphology, electrophysiology, and synapse formation. Brain Research 149(2):279-293.