Oral administration of rotenone using a gavage and image analysis of alpha-synuclein inclusions in the enteric nervous system

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 44, 2010, Pages

  Pan Montojo, Francisco J ^a   Funk, Richard H W ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal model; Gavage; Image analysis; Issue 44; Mouse; Neurogical disorders; Neuroscience; Parkinson's disease; Rotenone

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055106119     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2123     Document Type: Article

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