A simple pressure microinjecting system for delivery of small substance volumes to the brain: Application to the developmental study of thalamo- cortical projections in foetal and neonatal rats

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 257-263

  Sbriccoli, Alessandro ^b   Carretta, Donatella ^a   Santarelli, Marialaura ^a   Pinto, Francesco ^a   Granato, Alberto ^b   Minciacchi, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain development; Fluorescent tracing; Microinjection system; Thalamo cortical connection

Indexed keywords

DIAMIDINE DERIVATIVE; FAST BLUE; TRACER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE; MICROINJECTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

AMIDINES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREGNANCY; PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032921659     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(98)00047-6     Document Type: Article

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