Neural Cells

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Our broad neural cell offering includes mouse, rat, and human neural primary and stem cells. In addition to our innovative products, many resources including protocols, videos, and technical specialists are available to support your research. Browse the selection below to find the right cells for your experiment.

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Introducing Gibco Cryopreserved Primary Mouse Cortical and Hippocampal Neurons

The Cryopreserved Primary Mouse Neurons exhibit high post-thaw viability, high neuronal purity, and high functionality. Simply thaw, plate, and perform your experiments with confidence.

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Off-the-shelf Human Fetal Neural Stem Cells (NSCs) now available

These cells are produced under GMP manufacturing standards and hypoxia, which will help to minimize assay variability and improve functionality.

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Human neural cells

Cell type	Size	Medium	Research tool(s)
Human astrocytes	1 x 10⁶ cells	Gibco® Astrocyte Medium	Lipofectamine® transfection reagents
Human astrocytes (kit)	1 x 10⁶ cells	GIBCO® Astrocyte Medium (included in kit)	Lipofectamine® transfection reagents
Human H9-derived NSCs	1 x 10⁶ cells	StemPro® NSC SFM	Human Neural Stem Cell Immunocytochemistry Kit
Human H9-derived NSCs (kit)	1 x 10⁶ cells	StemPro® NSC SFM (included in kit)	Human Neural Stem Cell Immunocytochemistry Kit
Human fetal NSCs (cGMP grade)	1 x 10⁶ cells	StemPro® NSC SFM	Human Neural Stem Cell Immunocytochemistry Kit
Human fetal NSCs (cGMP grade)	5 x 10⁶ cells	StemPro® NSC SFM	Human Neural Stem Cell Immunocytochemistry Kit

Mouse neural cells

Cell type	Size	Medium	Research tool(s)
Mouse cortical neurons	1 x 10⁶ cells	B-27® and Neurobasal® /GlutaMAX®	Neurite Outgrowth Staining Kit
Mouse cortical neurons	4 x 10⁶ cells	B-27® and Neurobasal® /GlutaMAX®	Neurite Outgrowth Staining Kit
Mouse hippocampal neurons	1 x 10⁶ cells	B-27® and Neurobasal® /GlutaMAX®	Neurite Outgrowth Staining Kit

Rat neural cells

Cell type	Size	Media	Assay
Rat cortical neurons	1 x 10⁶ cells	B-27® and Neurobasal® /GlutaMAX®	Neurite Outgrowth Staining Kit
Rat cortical neurons	4 x 10⁶ cells	B-27® and Neurobasal® /GlutaMAX®	Neurite Outgrowth Staining Kit
Rat hippocampal neurons	1 x 10⁶ cells	B-27® and Neurobasal® /GlutaMAX®	Neurite Outgrowth Staining Kit
Rat glial precursor cells	1 x 10⁶ cells	StemPro® NSC SFM	PrestoBlue® Cell Viability Reagent
Rat cortical astrocytes	1 x 10⁶ cells	85% D-MEM (high glucose) and 15% Fetal Bovine Serum	PrestoBlue® Cell Viability Reagent
Rat fetal neural stem cells	2 x 10⁶ cells	StemPro® NSC SFM	PrestoBlue® Cell Viability Reagent
Rat fetal neural stem cells (kit)	2 x 10⁶ cells	StemPro® NSC SFM (included in kit)	PrestoBlue® Cell Viability Reagent