The goal of this technique is to prepare a highly enriched culture of primary motoneurons (MNs) from murine spinal cord. To evaluate the consequences of mutations causing MN diseases, we describe here the isolation of these isolated MNs and their transfection by magnetofection.
Jacquier, A., Risson, V., Schaeffer, L. Modeling Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease In Vitro by Transfecting Mouse Primary Motoneurons. J. Vis. Exp. (143), e57988, doi:10.3791/57988 (2019).