**Trituration and Resuspension** - Triturate tissue in low and high ovomucoid solutions. - Resuspend cells in astrocyte growth media (AGM): - DMEM (GIBCO 11960) - 10% FBS - 10 μM hydrocortisone - 100 U/ml Pen/Strep - 2 mM L-Glutamine - 5 μg/ml Insulin - 1 mM Na Pyruvate - 5 μg/ml N-Acetyl-L-cysteine