Dissecting the non-human primate brain in stereotaxic space

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 29, 2009, Pages

  Burke, Mark W ^a   Zangenehpour, Shahin ^a   Boire, Denis ^b   Ptito, Maurice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain bank; Cryostat; Dissection; Issue 29; Neuroscience; Non human primate; Stereotaxic apparatus

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055108725     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/1259     Document Type: Article

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