Anatomical characterization of Cre driver mice for neural circuit mapping and manipulation

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn 8, Issue JULY, 2014, Pages

  Harris, Julie A ^a   Hirokawa, Karla E ^a   Sorensen, Staci A ^a   Gu, Hong ^a   Mills, Maya ^a   Ng, Lydia L ^a   Bohn, Phillip ^a   Mortrud, Marty ^a   Ouellette, Benjamin ^a   Kidney, Jolene ^a   Smith, Kimberly A ^a   Dang, Chinh ^a   Sunkin, Susan ^a   Bernard, Amy ^a   Oh, Seung Wook ^a   Madisen, Linda ^a   Zeng, Hongkui ^a  

^a ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomical characterization; Cre driver mice; Genetic tools; In situ hybridization; Neuronal cell types

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; INTEGRASE; NERVE PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; TAMOXIFEN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROMONITORING; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTEGRASES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE NET; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TAMOXIFEN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

EID: 84904252146     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2014.00076     Document Type: Article

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