Preparation of synaptoneurosomes from mouse cortex using a discontinuous percoll-sucrose density gradient

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 55, 2011, Pages

  Westmark, Pamela R ^a   Westmark, Cara J ^a   Jeevananthan, Athavi ^a   Malter, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Issue 55; Mouse; Neurons; Neuroscience; Percoll sucrose gradients; Synapse; Synaptoneurosomes; Synaptosomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053900558     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3196     Document Type: Article

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