A fourth generation of neuroanatomical tracing techniques: Exploiting the offspring of genetic engineering

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 235, Issue , 2014, Pages 331-348

  Wouterlood, Floris G ^a   Bloem, Bernard ^b,c   Mansvelder, Huibert D ^b   Luchicchi, Antonio ^b   Deisseroth, Karl ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterograde tracing; Cell type specific innervation; Cre mice; Green fluorescent protein; Laser scanning; Neurochemical fingerprinting; Selective expression of fluorescent proteins; Tracing methods; Transgenic mice; Virus tracing

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; NEURONAL TRACT TRACER;

ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS; BIOTINYLATED DEXTRAN AMINE TRACING; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL TRANSPORT; CEREBELLUM; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NEUROCHEMICAL FINGERPRINTING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SELECTIVE FLUORESCENT PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SURVIVAL; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PROCEDURES; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; NEURONS;

EID: 84907358796     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2014.07.021     Document Type: Review

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