Long-lasting single-neuron labeling by in vivo electroporation without microscopic guidance

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-147

  Oyama, Kei ^a,b   Ohara, Shinya ^a   Sato, Sho ^a   Karube, Fuyuki ^c   Fujiyama, Fumino ^c   Isomura, Yoshikazu ^d   Mushiake, Hajime ^b   Iijima, Toshio ^a   Tsutsui, Ken Ichiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavioral neurophysiology; Electroporation; Fluorescent protein; Plasmid; Single unit recording

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPORATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

BEHAVIORAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROPORATION; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PLASMID; SINGLE-UNIT RECORDING;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPORATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84880421731     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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