Combination of diOlistic labeling with retrograde tract tracing and immunohistochemistry

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 332-336

  Neely, M Diana ^a   Stanwood, Gregg D ^a,b   Deutch, Ariel Y ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballistic; Dendritic spine; DiI; DiOlistic labeling; Dual labeling; Neuronal morphology; Staining technique; Tract tracing

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOLISTICS; BRAIN; CARBOCYANINES; CELL SHAPE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSPHERES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; NEUROANATOMY; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 70350005197     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.08.016     Document Type: Article

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