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Neuroscience

The NeuroStar TMS Device: Conducting the FDA Approved Protocol for Treatment of Depression

Jared C. Horvath¹, John Mathews², Mark A. Demitrack², Alvaro Pascual-Leone¹

¹Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, ²Neuronetics, Inc.

In this article, we examine the methodology and considerations relevant to the FDA approved depression treatment protocol using the Neuronetics NeuroStar TMS device.

Neuroscience

Combining Lipophilic dye, in situ Hybridization, Immunohistochemistry, and Histology

Jeremy Duncan¹, Jennifer Kersigo¹, Brian Gray², Bernd Fritzsch¹

¹Department of Biology, University of Iowa, ²Molecular Targeting Technologies, Inc.

A combination of different techniques to maximize data collection from mouse tissue is presented.

Neuroscience

Neural-Colony Forming Cell Assay: An Assay To Discriminate Bona Fide Neural Stem Cells from Neural Progenitor Cells

Hassan Azari^1,2, Sharon A. Louis³, Sharareh Sharififar¹, Vinata Vedam-Mai¹, Brent A. Reynolds¹

¹Department of Neurosurgery, University of Florida, ²Department of Anatomical Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, ³STEMCELL Technologies, Inc.

This video protocol demonstrates how to discriminate and enumerate bona fide neural stem cells in a mixed population of neural precursor cells using the neural colony-forming cell assay.