Sentences with phrase «for labelling neurons»

Finally, hydroxystilbamadine, also known as fluoro - gold, is a dye that can be used as a retrograde enhancer for labelling neurons by injecting it in vivo.

Researchers have good methods for labeling neurons based on where in the brain they developed, but the methods for labeling neurons that develop at the same time are less precise.

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Forty such lines were tested for their ability to increase aggression when their labeled neurons were activated.

For this particular study, the research team created a small library consisting of different fly lines; in each line, a different set of specific neurons was genetically labeled and could be artificially activated, with each neuron type secreting a different neuropeptide.

Such vectors have become critical tools for delivering genes to treat disease or to label neurons and their connective fibers with fluorescent colors to map out their locations.

To create the labels, the scientists split a fluorescent molecule in half, one half for the talking neuron and one half for the listening neuron.

Using their own recently - developed genetic labeling techniques for tracking these cells in early development in mice, Taniguchi and his team observed that, like most neurons, the cells remodeled their axonal organization through development.

Together, the present study suggests that GRPR + neurons constitute a long - sought labeled line for itch sensation in the spinal cord.

Approach: Wu's group used Brainbow, a transgenic technique originally devised to map individual neurons in the brain, to label cells stochastically using gene cassettes that code for four uniquely expressed fluorescent proteins.

A cortical layer 2/3 neuron at 21 days in vitro labeled by ex utero electroporation with fluorescent marker for spine visualization.

3D time - lapse of neuron: Time - lapse image of mouse primary neuron labeled with EGFP after co-culture with astrocyte for 2 weeks.