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Review
. 2016 Sep;53(7):4659-74.
doi: 10.1007/s12035-015-9403-z. Epub 2015 Aug 27.

Organotypic Spinal Cord Culture: a Proper Platform for the Functional Screening

Sareh Pandamooz  1   2 , Mohammad Nabiuni  2 , Jaleel Miyan  3 , Abolhassan Ahmadiani  1 , Leila Dargahi  4
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Organotypic Spinal Cord Culture: a Proper Platform for the Functional Screening

Sareh Pandamooz et al. Mol Neurobiol. 2016 Sep.

Abstract

Recent improvements in organotypic slice culturing and its accompanying technological innovations have made this biological preparation increasingly useful ex vivo experimental model. Among organotypic slice cultures obtained from various central nervous regions, spinal cord slice culture is an absorbing model that represents several unique advantages over other current in vitro and in vivo models. The culture of developing spinal cord slices, as allows real-time observation of embryonic cells behaviors, is an instrumental platform for developmental investigation. Importantly, due to the ability of ex vivo models to recapitulate different aspects of corresponding in vivo conditions, these models have been subject of various manipulations to derive disease-relevant slice models. Moreover spinal cord slice cultures represent a potential platform for screening of different pharmacological agents and evaluation of cell transplantation and neuroregenerative materials. In this review, we will focus on studies carried out using the ex vivo model of spinal cord slice cultures and main advantages linked to practicality of these slices in both normal and neuropathological diseases and summarize them in different categories based on application.

Keywords: Ex vivo; Experimental model; Organotypic culture; Spinal cord.

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