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The "Brain Milking" Method for the Isolation of Neural Stem Cells and Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cells from Live Rats
Dimitrios Dimitrakopoulos 1, Chrisitna Dimitriou 1, Freyja McClenahan 2, Robin J. M. Franklin 2,3, Ilias Kazanis 1
1Laboratory of Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras, 2Wellcome Trust-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, 3Altos Labs, Cambridge Institute of Science

A method for the isolation of neural stem cells and oligodendrocyte progenitor cells from the brains of live rats is presented here in experimental detail. It allows multiple collections of these cells from the same animals without compromising their well-being.

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