Gene delivery to postnatal rat brain by non-ventricular plasmid injection and electroporation

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 43, 2010, Pages

  Molotkov, Dmitry A ^a   Yukin, Alexey Y ^a   Afzalov, Ramil A ^a   Khiroug, Leonard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brain transfection; In vivo electroporation; Issue 43; Microinjection; Neuroscience; Rat; Stereotaxic surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355124277     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2244     Document Type: Article

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