The lumbar (L3-L5) DRG SNs were isolated as described 15 (link). Primary rat DRG neuronal cells (Lonza, R-DRG-505, Alpharetta, GA) were cultured in primary neuron growth medium (Lonza, #CC-4461) with 2% FBS, L-glutamine, gentamycin sulfate-amphotericin (GA-1000, Lonza, #CC-4083) and neural survival factor-1 (NSF-1, Lonza, #CC-4323) as instructed. Immortalized rat DRG neuronal cells, 50B11, were a generous gift from Dr. Hoke, Johns Hopkins University and cultured in Neurobasal medium (Gibco) supplemented with 10% FBS, 1 x B27 supplement (Gibco), 0.2% glucose and 0.5 mM glutamine (neuron growth medium) 30 (link). The rat DRG/mouse neuroblastoma hybrid cells, F11, were cultured as described 53 (link).
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