Identification of auditory neurons by retrograde labelling for patch-clamp recordings in a mixed culture of chick brainstem

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-64

  Wirth, Marcus J ^a   Kuenzel, Thomas ^a   Luksch, Harald ^b   Wagner, Hermann ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian brainstem; Bird; Dextran; Primary cell culture; Tracing in vitro

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL CULTURE; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR OLIVARY NUCLEUS; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DEXTRANS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 39749129740     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.11.015     Document Type: Article

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