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Viral Tracing of Genetically Defined Neural Circuitry
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Viral Tracing of Genetically Defined Neural Circuitry

Viral Tracing of Genetically Defined Neural Circuitry

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October 17, 2012

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10.3791/4253-v

DOI:
10.3791/4253-v

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13:06 min
October 17, 2012

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1Department of Genetics,Harvard Medical School, 2Howard Hughes Medical Institute,Harvard Medical School

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A method of tracing synaptically connected neurons is described. We use TVA specificity of an upstream cell to probe whether a cell population of interest receives synaptic input from genetically defined cell types.

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Beier, K., Cepko, C. Viral Tracing of Genetically Defined Neural Circuitry. J. Vis. Exp. (68), e4253, doi:10.3791/4253 (2012).

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