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Calcium phosphate precipitation is a convenient and economical method for transfection of cultured cells. With optimization, it is possible to use this method on hard-to-transfect cells like primary neurons. Here we describe our detailed protocol for calcium phosphate transfection of hippocampal neurons cocultured with astroglial cells.
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Sun, M., Bernard, L. P., DiBona, V. L., Wu, Q., Zhang, H. Calcium Phosphate Transfection of Primary Hippocampal Neurons. J. Vis. Exp. (81), e50808, doi:10.3791/50808 (2013).
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