Biotinylated dextran amine and biocytin hydrochloride are useful tracers for the study of retinal projections in the frog

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-175

  Scalia, F ^a   Galoyan, S M ^a   Eisner, S ^a   Harris, E ^a   Su, W ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal transport; Double label tracing; Rana pipiens; Retinotectal topography; Unmyelinated axons

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; BIOTIN; COBALT; DEXTRAN; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; TRACER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FROG; MICROSCOPY; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BIOTIN; BIOTINYLATION; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; LYSINE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PUNCTURES; RANA PIPIENS; RETINA;

EID: 0030766335     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(97)00095-2     Document Type: Article

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