Ischemic stroke is a complex event in which the specific contribution of astrocytes to the affected brain region exposed to oxygen glucose deprivation (OGD) is difficult to study. This article introduces a methodology to obtain isolated astrocytes and study their reactivity and proliferation under OGD conditions.
Ferrer-Acosta, Y., Gonzalez-Vega, M. N., Rivera-Aponte, D. E., Martinez-Jimenez, S. M., Martins, A. H. Monitoring Astrocyte Reactivity and Proliferation in Vitro Under Ischemic-Like Conditions. J. Vis. Exp. (128), e55108, doi:10.3791/55108 (2017).