For the enzymatic dissociation of hCS and hSS for culture in monolayer and immunocytochemistry, spheroids were incubated with Accutase (Innovative Cell Technologies) for 25 min at 37°C, washed with NM and gently triturated using a P-200 pipet. Cells were plated on poly-ornithine/laminin (Sigma) coated glass coverslips (15 mm; Werner) at a density of ~1 spheroid per two coverslips in NM supplemented with BDNF and NT3.