Fluoro-Green and Fluoro-Red: Two new fluorescent retrograde tracers with a number of unique properties

Brain Research

Volumn 736, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 61-67

  Dong, Kai ^a   Qu, Tingyu ^a   Ahmed, Farid A K M ^a   Zhang, Lixin ^a   Yamada, Koshi ^a   Guison, Noel G ^a   Miller, Michael ^a,b   Yamadori, Takashi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

double labeling; Fluoro Green; Fluoro Red; neuroanatomical study; retrograde fluorescent tracer

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0030583655     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00654-3     Document Type: Article

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