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Merck
CN
STAR protocols (2020-12-31)
Silvia Turchetto, Loic Broix, Laurent Nguyen
ABSTRACT

Axonal transport is a physiological process adopted by neurons to transport organelles, proteins, and other molecules along their axonal projections. Here, we describe a step-by-step protocol to record the dynamics of axonal transport along the projections of callosal neurons by combining the in utero electroporation technique with the preparation of postnatal organotypic cortical slices. This ex vivo protocol has been developed to investigate axonal transport in a physiological setting closely reproducing the in vivo environment. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Even et al. (2019).

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Fast Green FCF, Dye content ≥85 %
Sigma-Aldrich
DAPI, for nucleic acid staining