rat versus mouse neuron culture - (Mar/06/2009 )

Hey, so I am just wondering if there are any differences between rat and mouse neuron cultures--What are the benefits of one versus the other?

kfunk106 on Mar 6 2009, 06:01 PM said:

One can get transgenic cultures (also KO) with mouse compared to rat. But one can get more cells from rat pups than mouse pups.

It is a lot easier to dissect out various brain regions when you use the rat. The mouse brain is hard to handle because it is soo small.