Slice preparation, organotypic tissue culturing and luciferase recording of clock gene activity in the suprachiasmatic nucleus

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 48, 2010, Pages

  Savelyev, Sergey A ^a   Larsson, Karin C ^a   Johansson, Anne Sofie ^a   Lundkvist, Gabriella B S ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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EID: 80355125376     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2439     Document Type: Article

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