Juxtasomal biocytin labeling to study the structure-function relationship of individual cortical neurons

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 84, 2014, Pages

  Narayanan, Rajeevan T ^a   Mohan, Hemanth ^a   Broersen, Robin ^a   de Haan, Roel ^a   Pieneman, Anton W ^a   de Kock, Christiaan P J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action potential; Biocytin; Bioengineering; Electrophysiological recordings; Histology; Issue 84; Juxtasomal; Morphology; Neurons; Physiology; Reconstruction; Structure function

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LYSINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; WISTAR RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; LYSINE; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84904543058     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51359     Document Type: Article

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