Neuroanatomical tracing combined with in situ hybridization: Analysis of gene expression patterns within brain circuits of interest

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-33

  Conte Perales, Lorena ^a   Barroso Chinea, Pedro ^a   Rico, Alberto J ^a   Gómez Bautista, Virginia ^a   López, Iciar P ^a   Roda, Elvira ^a   Wouterlood, Floris G ^b   Lanciego, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Cholera toxin; Fluoro Gold; GAD; Retrograde tracing; VGlut

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRACER; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DOPAMINE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE EXPRESSION; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HAPLORHINI; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; NEUROANATOMY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PERFUSION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA; STILBAMIDINES; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SURVIVAL; TISSUE FIXATION; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 77954951707     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.11.021     Document Type: Article

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