Using AAV for Neuronal Tracing
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... made Cre-dependent. If Cre-dependent vectors are used in transgenic animals that express Cre in only ...of infected cells that also express Cre. Another advantage of AAV vectors is that there are well-established...et al. 2014 traced neurons with an AAV9 vector expressing a Cre-dependent fluorescent marker. Injection...communication.
Viral vectors and the nervous system
With the advent of viral vector technology, new methods... at Addgene).
AAV vectors: A platform for delivering neuronal tracers
AAV vectors have been widely used...transgene expression. Fluorescent proteins are widely used for tracing and their expression is often made... into a conditional mutant mouse brain that expressed Cre recombinase only in pyramidal cells of the hippocampal...