Growth and Differentiation of Adult Hippocampal Arctic Ground Squirrel Neural Stem CellsKelly L. Drew 1, Rebecca C. McGee 2, Matthew S. Wells 3, Judith A. Kelleher-Andersson 4
1Alaska Basic Neuroscience Program, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska at Fairbanks, 2Department Biochemistry, Hood College, 3Department of Cell Biology, Neuronascent, Inc., 4Research and Development, Neuronascent, Inc.
Neural stem cells were prepared from the hippocampus of adult non-hibernating yearling Arctic ground squirrels (AGS). These neural stem cells can be expanded through numerous passages, differentiated and maintained as a nearly 50:50 neuron to glial culture.
