Presented here is a protocol for the spontaneous generation of neurospheres enriched in neural progenitor cells from high density plated neurons. During the same experiment, when neurons are plated at a lower density, the protocol also results in prolonged primary rat neuron cultures.
Das, G., Gupta, V., Khan, J., Mukherjee, D., Ghosh, S. Generation of Neurospheres from Mixed Primary Hippocampal and Cortical Neurons Isolated from E14-E16 Sprague Dawley Rat Embryo. J. Vis. Exp. (150), e59800, doi:10.3791/59800 (2019).