Neuroscience Markers
Fluorescent reporters, nuclear stains, and immunohistochemical markers for cell identification
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Term Reference
5 terms| Term | Description | |
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| DAPI Nuclear Stain | A blue-fluorescent DNA-binding dye that labels all cell nuclei in a tissue section. It is a universal counterstain for t... | |
| GFAP Astrocyte Marker | Glial fibrillary acidic protein, an intermediate filament expressed by astrocytes. As an immunofluorescence marker it is... | |
| GFP Fluorescence | Green fluorescent protein emission, used as a genetically encoded reporter to visualize transduced neurons, transgenic c... | |
| NeuN Neuronal Marker | A neuron-specific nuclear protein used as an immunohistochemical marker to distinguish mature neurons from glia. Combine... | |
| Viral Tracer Visualization | The imaging of fluorescent reporter proteins expressed from viral vectors such as AAV or rabies virus to map neural conn... |