The neurotrophin family of neurotrophic factors : an overview / Stephen D. Skaper -- Neuronal growth-promoting and inhibitory cues in neuroprotection and neuroregeneration / Stephen D. Skaper -- Culture of rat cerebellar granule neurons and application to identify neuroprotective agents / Laura Facci and Stephen D. Skaper -- Isolation and culture of neural progenitor cells from rat postnatal cerebellum / Morena Zusso and Patrizia Debetto -- Culture of rodent cortical and hippocampal neurons / Laura Facci and Stephen D. Skaper -- Amyloid [beta]-peptide neurotoxicity assay using cultured rat cortical neurons / Laura Facci and Stephen D. Skaper -- Culture of neonatal rodent microglia, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes from cortex and spinal cord / Stephen D. Skaper, Carla Argentini, and Massimo Barbierato -- Central nervous system neuron-glia co-culture models / Stephen D. Skaper and Laura Facci -- Culture and characterization of rat mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons / Stephen D. Skaper, Giulia Mercanti, and Laura Facci -- Preparation of adult spinal cord motor neuron cultures under serum-free conditions / Jose V. Montoya-Gacharna ... [et al.] -- Rodent retinal ganglion cell cultures / Stephen D. Skaper -- Culture of purified glial cell populations from optic nerve / Stephen D. Skaper -- Isolation and culture of rat cone photoreceptor cells / Stephen D. Skaper -- Culture of rat retina pigmented epithelial cells / Stephen D. Skaper -- Mammalian growth cone turning assays identify distinct cell signalling mechanisms that underlie axon growth, guidance and regeneration / Andrew J. Murray ... [et al.] -- Culture of dissociated sensory neurons from dorsal root ganglia of postnatal and adult rats / Davina E. Owen and Julie Egerton -- Culture and proliferation of highly purified adult Schwann cells from rat, dog, and man / Kirsten Haastert-Talini -- Use of PC12 cells and rat superior cervical ganglion sympathetic neurons as models for neuroprotective assays relevant to Parkinson's disease / Cristina Malagelada Grau and Lloyd A. Greene -- Compartmented chambers for studying neurotrophic factor action / Stephen D. Skaper -- Preparation and culture of adrenal chromaffin cells / Natalia Domínguez ... [et al.] -- Indirect immunofluorescence staining of cultured neural cells / Massimo Barbierato, Carla Argentini, and Stephen D. Skaper -- Neurite outgrowth assessment using high content analysis methodology / Nicholas M. Radio -- Dissociated cell culture for testing effects of carbon nanotubes on neuronal growth / William Lee and Vladimir Parpura -- High-resolution imaging and evaluation of spines in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures / Frederik Sündermann ... [et al.] -- Imaging amyloid precursor protein in vivo : an axonal transport assay / Tomás L. Falzone and Gorazd B. Stokin -- The use of specific AAV serotypes to stably transduce primary CNS neuron cultures / Saafan Z. Malik ... [et al.] -- Preparation and characterization of biocompatible chitosan nanoparticles for targeted brain delivery of peptides / Secil Caban ... [et al.] -- (³H)serotonin release assay using antigen-stimulated rat peritoneal mast cells / Stephen D. Skaper and Laura Facci -- Rat hippocampal slice culture models for the evaluation of neuroprotective agents / Elisabetta Gerace ... [et al.] -- A 6-hydroxydopamine in vivo model of Parkinson's disease / Giulia Mercanti, Gianfranco Bazzu, and Pietro Giusti -- Brain microdialysis in freely moving animals / Gianfranco Bazzu ... [et al.] -- Evaluating motor neuron death in neonatal rats subjected to sciatic nerve lesion / Andre Schwambach ... [et al.] -- Rodent spinal cord injury model and application of neurotrophic factors for neuroprotection / Hari Shanker Sharma and Aruna Sharma.