Here, we described a protocol to quantitatively study the assembly and structure of the axon initial segments (AIS) of hippocampal neurons that lack pre-assembled AIS due to the absence of a giant ankyrin-G.
Yang, R., Bennett, V. Use of Primary Cultured Hippocampal Neurons to Study the Assembly of Axon Initial Segments. J. Vis. Exp. (168), e61411, doi:10.3791/61411 (2021).