Combining patch-clamping of cells in brain slices with immunocytochemical labeling to define cell type and developmental stage

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1977-1986

  Káradóttir, Ragnhildur ^a   Attwell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CELL PROTEIN; DETERGENT; FLUORESCENT DYE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEOGLYCAN NG2; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; OLIGODENDROCYTE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; SULFATIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SLICE; CELL LABELING; CELL MATURATION; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WHOLE CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 34248643417     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.261     Document Type: Article

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