A simple and reliable technique to combine oligonucleotide probe in situ hybridization with neuronal tract tracing in vertebrate embryos

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 289-294

  Fritzsch, Bernd ^a   Hallböök, Finn ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

amines; fluorescent dextran; in situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EFFERENT NERVE; EMBRYO; FACIAL NERVE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; SENSORY NERVE; TISSUE FIXATION; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029807858     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10520299609117177     Document Type: Article

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