Calcium phosphate precipitation is a convenient and economical method for transfection of cultured cells. With optimization, it is possible to use this method on hard-to-transfect cells like primary neurons. Here we describe our detailed protocol for calcium phosphate transfection of hippocampal neurons cocultured with astroglial cells.
Sun, M., Bernard, L. P., DiBona, V. L., Wu, Q., Zhang, H. Calcium Phosphate Transfection of Primary Hippocampal Neurons. J. Vis. Exp. (81), e50808, doi:10.3791/50808 (2013).