In vivo gene delivery to the postnatal ferret cerebral cortex by DNA electroporation

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 186-195

  Borrell, Víctor ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Development; Electroporation; Ferret; GFP; Migration

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 5; DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTROPORATION; FERRET; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO GENE TRANSFER; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REPORTER GENE; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DNA; ELECTROPORATION; FERRETS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 74249099913     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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