A fluorescence-based double retrograde tracer strategy for charting central neuronal connections

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1862-1868

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL LABELING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FLUORESCENCE HISTOCHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; RAT; SURVIVAL TIME; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FLUORESCENT DYES; INJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERFUSION; RATS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34548160291     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.263     Document Type: Article

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