This manuscript provides protocols that use in utero electroporation (IUE) to describe the structural connectivity of neurons at the single-cell level and the excitability of fluorescently labeled neurons. Histology is used to characterize dendritic and axonal projections. Whole-cell recording in acute slices is used to investigate excitability.
Briz, C. G., Navarrete, M., Esteban, J. A., Nieto, M. In Utero Electroporation Approaches to Study the Excitability of Neuronal Subpopulations and Single-cell Connectivity. J. Vis. Exp. (120), e55139, doi:10.3791/55139 (2017).