Fluorescent tracers as potential candidates for double labeling of descending brain neurons in larval lamprey

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-62

  Zhang, Lei ^a   D McClellan, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Dextran amines; Fluoro Gold; Neural regeneration; Reticulospinal neurons

Indexed keywords

BLUE DEXTRAN; FAST BLUE; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE; TRUE BLUE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LAMPREY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; LAMPREYS; LARVA; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS, EFFERENT; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032214883     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(98)00116-2     Document Type: Article

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