Real-time imaging of axonal transport of quantum dot-labeled BDNF in primary neurons

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 91, 2014, Pages

  Zhao, Xiaobei ^a   Zhou, Yue ^b   Weissmiller, April M ^a   Pearn, Matthew L ^c,d   Mobley, William C ^a   Wu, Chengbiao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c University of California at San Diego   (United States)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal retrograde transport; Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF); Issue 91; Live imaging; Microfluidic chamber; Neuroscience; Quantum dot; Trafficking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908268799     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51899     Document Type: Article

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