Anterograde axonal tracing with the subunit B of cholera toxin: A highly sensitive immunohistochemical protocol for revealing fine axonal morphology in adult and neonatal brains

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-112

  Angelucci, Alessandra ^a   Clascá, Francisco ^a,b   Sur, Mriganka ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cortex; Development; Retinal projection; Tetramethylbenzidine histochemistry; Thalamus; Visual

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRET; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029981628     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(95)00155-7     Document Type: Article

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