Stereotactic intracranial implantation and in vivo bioluminescent imaging of tumor xenografts in a mouse model system of glioblastoma multiforme

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 67, 2012, Pages

  Baumann, Brian C ^a   Dorsey, Jay F ^a   Benci, Joseph L ^a   Joh, Daniel Y ^a   Kao, Gary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioluminescent imaging; Brain tumor; Cancer Biology; Glioblastoma multiforme; Issue 67; Medicine; Molecular Biology; Mouse; Stereotactic rodent surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865456377     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/4089     Document Type: Article

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