Retrograde transport of sodium selenite and intracellular injection of micro-ruby: A combined method to describe the morphology of zinc-rich neurones

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-209

  Miro Bernie N ^a   Sancho Bielsa, F J ^b   Lopez Garcia C ^b   Perez Clausell J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dextranamines; Fluorescent tracer; Micro ruby; Neuroanatomy; Neuronal morphology; Selenium; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOCYTIN; BIOTIN; BISBENZIMIDE; DEXTRAN DERIVATIVE; DIAMINOBENZIDINE; FLUOROCHROME; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LUCIFER YELLOW; RHODAMINE; SODIUM SELENITE; ZINC;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITE; DRUG TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0042668305     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(03)00146-8     Document Type: Article

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