A fundamental problem in neuroscience is the elucidation of the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the development and function of the nervous system.

The first edition of Protocols for Neural Cell Culture was published in 1992 and the second edition in 1997. Originally, the publication grew outofprotocols use

The ability to assess the response of neural cells is an important goal of research in the neurosciences. The means to measure responses in a chemically defined