Quantitative analysis of neural stem cell growth and differentiation
Neural stem cells (NSCs) are self-renewing, multipotent cells in the embryonic or adult brain that can give rise to neurons and glia. NSCs and neural progenitors (NPs) can be propagated in vitro through a natural 3-D culture system known as neurospheres. Here, I report the use of non-invasive image...
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| Format: | Theses and Dissertations |
| Language: | English |
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2014
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/55362 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Neural stem cells (NSCs) are self-renewing, multipotent cells in the embryonic or adult brain that can give rise to neurons and glia. NSCs and neural progenitors (NPs) can be propagated in vitro through a natural 3-D culture system known as neurospheres. Here, I report the use of non-invasive image acquisition and processing techniques to gain insight into the 3-D architecture of the neurosphere, characterise neurosphere forming cells (NFCs), develop an imaging-based method to enrich for NSCs, and a high throughput screening (HTS) strategy to study the effects of drugs on NSCs/NPs. |
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