Contributors to Volume 2PrefaceVolumes in SeriesSection I General Approaches to Preparation of Cell Cultures 1. Multiple Approaches to Brain Culture 2. Culture and Use of Primary and Clonal Neural Cells 3. Generation of Astrocyte Cultures from Normal and Neoplastic Central Nervous System 4. Isolation of Astrocytes and Schwann Cells for Culture 5. Culture Methods for Oligodendrocyte Cell Lines and Oligodendrocyte-Type 2 Astrocyte Lineage Cells 6. Neuropharmacological Analyses in Organotypic Cultures of Spinal Cord and Dorsal Root Ganglia 7. Isolation, Culture, and Use of Viable Central Nervous System Perikarya 8. Cerebral Cortical Neurons in Primary Culture and Application to Neuropharmacological StudiesSection II Purification of Cell Types 9. Preparation of Highly Purified Populations of Neurons, Astrocytes, and Oligodendrocytes 10. Preparation, Enrichment, and Growth of Purified Cultures of Neurons and Photoreceptors from Chick Embryos and from Normal and Mutant MiceSection III Bulk Isolation 11. Bulk Isolation of Mouse Oligodendrocytes by Gradient Centrifugations 12. Bulk Isolation and Culture of Oligodendroglia from Mature BrainSection IV Special Approaches 13. Measurement of Pulsatile Hormone Release from Perifused Pituitary Cells Immobilized on Microcarriers 14. Cultivation of Nerve and Muscle Cells on Microcarriers 15. Monolayer and Three-Dimensional Culture of Rat and Human Central Nervous System: Normal and Malignant Cells and Their Interactions 16. Brain Cell Culture in Rotation-Mediated Aggregates 17. Microcultures of Dissociated Primary Central Nervous System Neurons 18. Long-term Organotypic Culture of Central Nervous System in Maximow AssembliesSection V Functional Assessment 19. Preparation and Use of Morphological Variants to Investigate Neuropeptide Action 20. In Vivo Tissue Culture: Use of Ectopic Anterior Pituitary Gland to Study Neuropeptide and Steroid Actions on Adenohypophysis 21. Evaluation of Catecholaminergic Activity in Hypothalamic Cultures 22. Receptors for Bombesin/Gastrin-Releasing Peptide and Epidermal Growth Factor on Central Nervous System Cells 23. Use of Hypothalamic Cell Cultures to Study Role of Diffusible Factors in Phenotypic Expression of Central Nervous System NeuronsSection VI Cell Lineage 24. Microinjectable Probes for Tracing Cell Lineage in Development 25. Methods for Clonal Analysis and Tracing Cell Lineages of Vertebrate Central Nervous SystemIndex
Contributors to Volume 2
Ruben Adler(10), Retinal Degenerations Research Center, Retinal Degenerations Laboratories, Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
Efrain C. Azmitia(17), Department of Biology, New York University, New York, New York 10003
Barbara A. Bennett(21), Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103
Michael E. Berens(16), Brain Tumor Research Center, Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143
Rolf Bjerkvig(15), Department of Pathology, The Gade Institute, University of Bergen, Haukeland Hospital, N-5021 Bergen, Norway
Ira B. Black(1), Division of Developmental Neurology, Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Cornell University Medical College and The New York Hospital, New York, New York 10021
Liane Bologa(11), Institute of Anatomy, University of Fribourg, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
E. Peter Bosch(4), Division of Neurochemistry and Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, The University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Jane E. Bottenstein(5), Marine Biomedical Institute and Department of Human Biological Chemistry & Genetics, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas 77550
P. Michael Conn(13), Department of Pharmacology, The University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Stanley M. Crain(6), Departments of Neuroscience and of Physiology and Biophysics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York 10461
Cheryl F. Dreyfus(1), Division of Developmental Neurology, Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Cornell University Medical College and The New York Hospital, New York, New York 10021
Gary R. Dutton(7), Department of Pharmacology, The University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Laura Facci(2), Department of CNS Research, Fidia Research Laboratories, 35031 Abano Terme, Italy
Annie Faivre-Bauman(23), Groupe de Neuroendocrinologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire URA 1115, Collège de France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 75231 Paris Cédex 05, France
Muhammad Farooq(12), Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York 10461
Paul C. Goldsmith(16), Reproductive Endocrinology Center, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143
James R. Hansen(13), Department of Pediatrics, The University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Norbert Herschkowitz(11), Department of Pediatrics, University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
Samuel F. Hunter(5), Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas 77550
Marcus Jacobson(25), Department of Anatomy, University of Utah Medical School, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132
Richard M. Kris(22), Rorer Biotechnology Incorporated, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406
Kinya Kuriyama(8), Department of Pharmacology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoij, Kamikyo-Ku, Kyoto 602, Japan
Ole Didrik Laerum(15), Department of Pathology, The Gade Institute, University of Bergen, Haukeland Hospital, N-5021 Bergen, Norway
Mei Lee(22), Department of Biochemistry, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20037
Alberta Leon(2), Department of CNS Research, Fidia Research Laboratories, 35031 Abano Terme, Italy
Jon E. Levine(20), Section of Biological Sciences, Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
Ramon Lim(4), Division of Neurochemistry and Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, The University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Daria Milani(2), Department of CNS Research, Fidia Research Laboratories, 35031 Abano Terme, Italy
Terry W. Moody(22), Department of Biochemistry, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20037
Mariana Morris(21), Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, The Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103
Sean Murphy(3), Department of Pharmacology, The University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
William T. Norton(12), Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York 10461
Seitaro Ohkuma(8), Department of Pharmacology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kawaramachi-Hirokoij, Kamikyo-Ku, Kyoto 602, Japan
John S. Ramsdell(19), Division of Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425
Russell P. Saneto(9), Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97201
Abraham Shahar(14), Section of Electron Microscopy, Department of Virology, Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR), 70450 Ness-Ziona, Israel
Stephen D. Skaper(2), Department of CNS Research, Fidia Research Laboratories, 35031 Abano Terme, Italy
Julie Staley(22), Department of Biochemistry, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20037
Gunther S. Stent(24), Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720
Frank J. Strobl(20), Section of Biological Sciences, Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
Duncan K. Stuart(24), Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720
David K. Sundberg(21), Department...
