In vitro biocytin injection into perinatal mouse brain: A method for tract tracing in developing tissue

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-6

  Chang, Sarah L ^a   Loturco, Joseph J ^a   Nisenbaum, Laura K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterograde tracer; Biocytin; Development; Quantification; Tract tracing

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SLICE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EMBRYO; HEMISPHERE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IONTOPHORESIS; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LYSINE; MICE; MICROELECTRODES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0034176836     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(99)00190-9     Document Type: Article

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