The anterograde and retrograde axonal transport of biotinylated dextran amine and biocytin in the nervous system of teleosts

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 106-114

  Xue, Hao Gang ^a   Yang, Chun Ying ^a   Ito, Hironobu ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterograde tracing; Biocytin; Biotinylated dextran amine; Cell biology; Retrograde tracing; Staining, tracing, and imaging techniques; Tract tracing methods

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; DEXTRAN AMINE; DEXTRAN DERIVATIVE; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL; DENDRITE; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; STAINING; STORAGE; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; BIOTIN; BRAIN; DENDRITES; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; FISHES; LYSINE; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 2542461163     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresprot.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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