Mini-ruby is rapidly taken up by neurons and astrocytes in organotypic brain slices

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1817-1823

  Ullrich, Celine ^a   Humpel, Christian ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Cholinergic neuron; Mini ruby; Neurotracing

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CD11B ANTIGEN; FLUORESCENT DYE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; MINI RUBY; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NEURONAL TRACT TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL TRANSPORT; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCUBATION TIME; MEYNERT BASAL NUCLEUS; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT; BIOTIN; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; DEXTRANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHODAMINES;

EID: 80555150806     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-011-0499-x     Document Type: Article

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