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Neural Plasticity
Volume 2016, Article ID 4280407, 15 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4280407
Research Article

The Three-Dimensional Culture System with Matrigel and Neurotrophic Factors Preserves the Structure and Function of Spiral Ganglion Neuron In Vitro

Gaoying Sun,1,2 Wenwen Liu,1,2 Zhaomin Fan,1 Daogong Zhang,1 Yuechen Han,1 Lei Xu,1 Jieyu Qi,3,4 Shasha Zhang,3,4 Bradley T. Gao,5 Xiaohui Bai,1,2 Jianfeng Li,1,2 Renjie Chai,3,4 and Haibo Wang1,2

1Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan 250022, China
2Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Otology, Jinan 250022, China
3Key Laboratory for Developmental Genes and Human Disease, Ministry of Education, Institute of Life Sciences, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
4Co-Innovation Center of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China
5College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA

Received 14 September 2015; Accepted 10 November 2015

Academic Editor: Pablo R. Moya

Copyright © 2016 Gaoying Sun et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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