Nonspecific labeling limits the utility of Cre-Lox bred CST-YFP mice for studies of corticospinal tract regeneration

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 523, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 2665-2682

  Willenberg, Rafer ^a,b   Steward, Oswald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cre; CST; Emx1; RRIDs; Spinal cord injury; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; MINI RUBY BIOTINYLATED DEXTRAN AMINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EMX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; 2-HYDROXY-4,4'-DIAMIDINOSTILBENE, METHANESULFONATE SALT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOTIN; BIOTINYLATED DEXTRAN AMINE; DEXTRAN; EMPTY SPIRACLES HOMEOBOX PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PHOTOPROTEIN; PTEN PROTEIN, MOUSE; STILBAMIDINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CST YFP MOUSE; DESCENDING TRACT; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; GENETIC LABELING; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GRAY MATTER; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RETICULOSPINAL NEURON; RUBROSPINAL NEURON; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION; WHITE MATTER; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BRAIN INJURY; C57BL MOUSE; COMPLICATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTOR CORTEX; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOTIN; BRAIN INJURIES; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; PTEN PHOSPHOHYDROLASE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; STILBAMIDINES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 84944280892     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23809     Document Type: Article

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