Quantification of layer-specific gene expression in the hippocampus: Effective use of laser microdissection in combination with quantitative RT-PCR

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 83-91

  Burbach, Guido J ^a   Dehn, Doris ^a   Del Turco, Domenico ^a   Deller, Thomas ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Entorhinal cortex lesion; Granule cells; Neurotrophic factors; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; LASER MICRODISSECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0345376729     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(03)00232-2     Document Type: Article

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