Table 2. Examples of typical plating densities (number of cells/well).

Type of plate	6-well	12-well	24-well	96-well
Area	(∼9 cm2)	(∼4 cm2)	(1.9 cm2)	(0 cm2)
Hippocampal neurons
- for biochemistry	500000	250000	125000	3000–60 000
- for histology (coverslips)			50000–125000
Cortical neurons
- for biochemistry	1000000	500000	250000	3000–60000
- for histology (coverslips)			50000–125000