Targeting of deep brain structures with microinjections for delivery of drugs, viral vectors, or cell transplants

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 46, 2010, Pages

  Gonzalez Perez, Oscar ^a   Guerrero Cazares, Hugo ^b   Quiñones Hinojosa, Alfredo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demyelination; Drug Delivery Systems; Issue 46; Microinjections; Micromanipulation; Neuroscience

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355126853     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2082     Document Type: Article

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