Using fluorescence activated cell sorting to examine cell-type-specific gene expression in rat brain tissue

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2015, Issue 99, 2015, Pages

  Schwarz, Jaclyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

CD11b; Fluorescence activated cell sorting; Gene expression; GLT 1; Issue 99; Neuroscience; Real time PCR; Thy1

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MICROGLIA; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RATS;

EID: 84941254114     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/52537     Document Type: Article

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