Profiling voltage-gated potassium channel mRNA expression in Nigral neurons using single-cell RT-PCR techniques

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 55, 2011, Pages

  Ding, Shengyuan ^a   Zhou, Fu Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential; Issue 55; mRNA; Neuroscience; Patch clamp; PCR; Single cell RT PCR; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053899122     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3136     Document Type: Article

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