Whole Mount Preparation of the Adult Drosophila Ventral Nerve Cord for Giant Fiber Dye Injection
Title:
Whole Mount Preparation of the Adult Drosophila Ventral Nerve Cord for Giant Fiber Dye Injection
Author:
Boerner, Jana
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Publication Information:
Cambridge, MA MyJoVE Corp 2016
Physical Description:
online resource (672 seconds)
Series:
Neuroscience
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Abstract:
An in vivo dissection of the adult Drosophila ventral nerve cord (VNC) is demonstrated. This particular dissection method causes little damage to the VNC allowing the subsequent labeling of the giant fiber neurons with fluorescent dye for high resolution imaging.
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Electronic Access:
https://www.jove.com/t/3080