Research platforms

  • Platforms for in vitro studies

    • Complete facilities for:
      • Organotypic dorsal root ganglia cultures
      • Neuronal and glial cell cultures (adult and embrionary)
      • Murine and human cancer cell cultures
      • Mesenchymal stem cells cultures
      • Video-lapse microscopy

  • Platforms for in vivo studies

    • Certified animal housing facility
    • Complete facilities for:
      • Behavioral testing
      • Nerve conduction studies
      • Axonal hyperexcitability studies
      • Light, electron, confocal laser microscopy
      • Tomography for in vivo imaging
      • In vivo central nervous system neurophysiology
      • Immunocompetent/immunodeficient animals

  • Other technical platforms

    • Flow cytometry
    • RT-PCR
    • mice/rats blood chemistry and hematology
    • computerized morphometry
    • innovative treatments
      • Use of Synchrotron Radiation to enhance anticancer drugs effectiveness

  • At the Dept. of Neurology, S. Gerardo Hospital, Monza

    • Neuroimmunology Center
    • Cancer-Neurology Outpatients Center
    • Neurophysiology Unit