Wholemount immunohistochemistry for revealing complex brain topography

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 62, 2012, Pages

  White, Joshua J ^a   Reeber, Stacey L ^a   Hawkes, Richard ^b   Sillitoe, Roy V ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Brain topography; Circuitry; Compartmentalization; Gene expression; Issue 62; Neuroanatomy; Neuroscience

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CEREBELLUM; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; RATS;

EID: 84860606501     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/4042     Document Type: Article

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