A method for the three-dimensional reconstruction of Neurobiotin™-filled neurons and the location of their synaptic inputs

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn 7, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Fogarty, Matthew J ^a   Hammond, Luke A ^a   Kanjhan, Refik ^a   Bellingham, Mark C ^a   Noakes, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Brainstem; Dendrite; Motor neuron; Synapse

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA1 ANTIBODY; FLUORESCENT DYE; NEUBIOTIN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95 ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2 ANTIBODY; BIOTIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NEUROBIOTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELL TYPE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTROPORATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; 3D-RECONSTRUCTION; ANIMAL; BRAIN STEM; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; DRUG EFFECTS; PROCEDURES;

3D-RECONSTRUCTION; BRAINSTEM; DENDRITE; MOTOR NEURON; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; DENDRITES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84887009306     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2013.00153     Document Type: Article

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