Retrograde labeling, transduction, and genetic targeting allow cellular analysis of corticospinal motor neurons: Implications in health and disease

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 8, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Jara, Javier H ^a   Genç, Bariş ^a   Klessner, Jodi L ^a   Özdinler, P Hande ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticospinal motor neuron; Genetic labeling; Motor neuron disease; Retrograde labeling; Upper motor neurons

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MICROSPHERE;

ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DENDRITE; DISEASE COURSE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 84907291874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00016     Document Type: Article

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