Conditional genetic transsynaptic tracing in the embryonic mouse brain

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 94, 2014, Pages

  Kumar, Devesh ^a   Boehm, Ulrich ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barley lectin; Developmental biology; Gene targeting; GnRH; Issue 94; Kisspeptin; Mouse embryo; Neural circuits; Neuroscience; Reproduction; ROSA26 locus; Tetanus Toxin fragment C; Transsynaptic tracing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921639268     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/52487     Document Type: Article

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