Use of lipophilic dyes in studies of axonal pathfinding in vivo

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-31

  Perrin, Florence E ^a   Stoeckli, Esther T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Commissural axons; DiI; Growth cone guidance; Tracing

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CAMS; CELL ADHESION; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULES;

AXONAL PATHFINDING; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; COMMISSURAL AXON; DII; GROWTH CONE GUIDANCE; IN-VIVO; LIPOPHILIC DYES; PATH FINDING; SPINAL-CORD; TRACING;

NEURONS;

AXONIN 1; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; DYE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LABELING; CELL MATURATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GROWTH CONE; LIPOPHILICITY; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0033986143     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(20000101)48:1<25::AID-JEMT4>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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