Dextran backfill tracers combined with Lucifer Yellow injections for neuroanatomic studies of the leech head ganglion

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-155

  Daberkow, David P ^a   Vaughan, Dana K ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalic nerve; Confocal microscopy; Dextran; DiI; Leech; Lucifer Yellow; Retzius neuron; Subesophageal ganglion

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LEECH; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0030221191     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(96)00041-6     Document Type: Article

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