Neuronal Cell Culture

R&D Systems specializes in providing the highest quality media supplements, adhesion substrates, recombinant proteins, verification antibodies, and neuromodulatory compounds for neuronal cell culture research. All of our reagents for culturing cells of the nervous system are designed to help maintain consistency within and across your experiments. Click on the neuronal cell culture categories below to quickly jump to relevant products.

Serum Free Neural Media Supplements

Culture Media & Supplements

  • Neural Media Supplements

    Provides optimal growth conditions for neurons and neural stem cell cultures.

  • N21-MAX Media Supplement

    Provides reliable maturation and superior function of neurons in culture.

  • Laminin-I

    This highly purified Mouse Laminin-I promotes cell adhesion, migration, growth, and differentiation.

  • Poly-L-Lysine

    A highly positively-charged amino acid chain commonly used as a coating agent to promote cell adhesion in culture.

  • Poly-D-Lysine

    Promotes cell adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation of cultured neurons and is resistant to enzymatic degradation.

  • Fluorescent Probes and Imaging Dyes

    Visualize activity in your cell cultures with fluorescent compounds offered by Tocris Bioscience. 

  • Other Cell Adhesion Substrates

    Substrates to support the attachment of neural cells to culture dishes and coverslips. 

  • Artificial Cerebrospinal Fluid (aCSF)

    Microfiltered, sterile, and matches electrolyte concentrations found in CSF.

Proteins

Agonists & Antagonists from Tocris Bioscience

  • GABAergic

    Modulate GABAergic receptors, including GABAA and GABAB,with compounds from Tocris Bioscience.

  • Glutamatergic

    Modulate Glutamatergic receptors, including NMDA, AMPA, and Kainate, with compounds from Tocris Bioscience.

  • Dopaminergic

    Modulate Dopaminergic receptors with compounds from Tocris Bioscience.

  • Seratonergic

    Modulate Seratonergic (5-HT) receptors with compounds from Tocris Bioscience.

  • Acetylcholinergic - Nicotinic

    Modulate Nicotinic Acetylcholine receptors with compounds from Tocris Bioscience.

  • Acetylcholinergic - Muscarinic

    Modulate Muscarinic Acetylcholine receptors with compounds from Tocris Bioscience.

Caged Compounds

Cell Marker Antibodies