How do I decide which 1) media and 2) types of flask to use for SH-SY5Y, NE 4C and N2A cell culture?

Noor Aishah Mohammed Izham @Noor-Aishah-Mohammed-Izham-2

02 November 2017 1 563 Report

I am doing a study on these cells, so I'm looking for the recommended 1) Media: DMEM, or EMEM and 2) the suitable flask: coated or the basic flask would be fine?

Armen Sanosyan

You go to ATCC guidelines

http://www.pages04.net/atcc/AnimalCellCultureGuide/

Or simply look in Wikipedia then see articles in references

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SH-SY5Y

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