A light microscope-based double retrograde tracer strategy to chart central neuronal connections

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1869-1878

  Ruigrok, Tom J H ^a   Apps, Richard ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; GOLD; LECTIN; SILVER; TRACER;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL LABELING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURVIVAL TIME;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CATS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLERA TOXIN; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GOLD; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS; LECTINS; MICE; MICROSCOPY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PURKINJE CELLS; RABBITS; RATS; SILVER STAINING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34548152599     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.264     Document Type: Article

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