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Ames′ Medium

With L-glutamine, without sodium bicarbonate, powder, suitable for cell culture

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About This Item

UNSPSC Code:
41161501
NACRES:
NA.75

Quality Level

form

powder

technique(s)

cell culture | mammalian: suitable

components

glucose: 1.081 g/L (Dextro)
NaHCO3: no
L-glutamine: 0.073 g/L

shipped in

ambient

storage temp.

2-8°C

General description

Ames′ Medium has been formulated to support retinal tissue in relatively short-term culture. It is suitable for maintaining central nervous system tissue in vitro.

Application

Ames′ Medium has been used to maintain rat/mice/macaque monkey eye for the isolation of retina.

Quantity

Formulated to contain 8.8 grams of powder per liter of medium.

Reconstitution

Supplement with 1.9 g/L sodium bicarbonate.

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Antoine Chaffiol et al.
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The majority of inherited retinal degenerations converge on the phenotype of photoreceptor cell death. Second- and third-order neurons are spared in these diseases, making it possible to restore retinal light responses using optogenetics. Viral expression of channelrhodopsin in the third-order
Frans Vinberg et al.
Vision research, 101, 108-117 (2014-06-25)
The Function of the retina and effects of drugs on it can be assessed by recording transretinal voltage across isolated retina that is perfused with physiological medium. However, building ex vivo ERG apparatus requires substantial amount of time, resources and
Sabrina Asteriti et al.
Visual neuroscience, 34, E006-E006 (2017-10-03)
Rod-cone gap junctions mediate the so-called "secondary rod pathway", one of three routes that convey rod photoreceptor signals across the retina. Connexin 36 (Cx36) is expressed at these gap junctions, but an unidentified connexin protein also seems to be expressed.
Michael B Manookin et al.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 28(16), 4136-4150 (2008-04-18)
Cone signals divide into parallel ON and OFF bipolar cell pathways, which respond to objects brighter or darker than the background and release glutamate onto the corresponding type of ganglion cell. It is assumed that ganglion cell excitatory responses are

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