Here we describe a detailed protocol to generate highly enriched cultures of astrocytes derived from different regions of the central nervous system of postnatal mice and their direct conversion into functional neurons by the forced expression of transcription factors.
Hersbach, B. A., Simon, T., Masserdotti, G. Isolation and Direct Neuronal Reprogramming of Mouse Astrocytes. J. Vis. Exp. (185), e64175, doi:10.3791/64175 (2022).