Analysis of synaptic vesicle endocytosis in synaptosomes by high-content screening

Nature Protocols

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1649-1655

  Daniel, James A ^a   Malladi, Chandra S ^b   Kettle, Emma ^a   McCluskey, Adam ^c   Robinson, Phillip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FOREBRAIN; FREEZE THAWING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RAT; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTOSOME; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FREEZING; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

FLUORESCENT DYE; FM 4 64; FM 4-64; FM1 43; PYRIDINIUM DERIVATIVE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FREEZING; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROSENCEPHALON; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; SYNAPTOSOMES;

EID: 84864463813     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2012.070     Document Type: Article

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