Bromodeoxyuridine infused into the cerebral ventricle of adult mice labels nigral neurons under physiological conditions-A method to detect newborn nerve cells in regions with a low rate of neurogenesis

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 327-331

  Zhao, Ming ^a   Janson Lang, Ann Marie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BrdU; Dopamine; Nerve cell; Parkinson's disease; Proliferation; Substantia nigra pars compacta; Thymidine; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; DOPAMINE; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; THYMIDINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; STAINING AND LABELING; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THYMIDINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350010173     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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