Using mammalian GFP reconstitution across synaptic partners (mGRASP) to map synaptic connectivity in the mouse brain

Nature Protocols

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2425-2437

  Feng, Linqing ^a   Kwon, Osung ^a,b   Lee, Bokyoung ^a,b   Oh, Won Chan ^a   Kim, Jinhyun ^a,b  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MAMMALIAN GFP RECONSTITUTION ACROSS SYNAPTIC PARTNERS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CALIBRATION; DEVICES; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MAMMALIA;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CALIBRATION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMALS; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SYNAPSES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84923833833     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2014.166     Document Type: Article

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