Product Overview

Ready-to-use Clonetics™ Rat Brain Striatum Astrocytes are obtained from rat brain, passaged once and prepared as cell suspensions for shipment on dry ice.

Each vial contains approximately 1 million cells. Astrocytes can be easily thawed and cultured. Astrocytes can be harvested and re-plated or stored frozen for later use. The cells are shipped overnight on dry ice.

Recommended medium: AGM™ BulletKit™ (CC-3186)

Benefits

• Ready-To-Use 

• No tissue dissection or animal handling required 

• Increased data reproducibility

• Characteristic morphology and staining tests confirm tissue origin and cell type

• Negative for mycoplasma, bacteria, yeast and fungi

• Certificate of Analysis (CoA) is available for every batch 

Applications

• Neurogenesis

• Neurotransmitter Function

• Gene Expression

• Signaling Pathways

• Electrophysiology

• Neurotoxicity

• Drug/Compound Screening

• Advanced Cell Culture Models

Content

≥ 1,000,000 cryopreserved cells per ampule

Recommended Medium

Lonza AGM™ Astrocyte Growth Medium BulletKit™

Catalog #: R-CpAs-522

Please email us at cs@medikonia.com for any enquiry. To place an order, please include the catalog number(s) of the product(s) in the email.

Instructions for proper use and culture of Rat Astrocytes

Reference guidefor human and animal cells from normal to diseased, fresh and cryopreserved