Rabies and Neuronal Tracing
Type
Blog Post
Published
May 29, 2018, 1:51 p.m.
...this post, I’ll describe how rabies virus (RABV) can be used in the brain to visualize how neurons are... this, cell type specificity of the starter cell can be achieved by using EnvA-pseudotyped RABV, and only...in user-defined cells. For example, a researcher can deliver Cre-dependent TVA to Cre-expressing neurons...it is supplied in trans.
Monosynaptic RABV spread can be achieved by modifying the wild-type RABV genome...Wickersham et al., 2007). Thus, RABV transsynaptic spread can be controlled by selectively supplying the G protein... Once in first order neurons, the G-deleted RABV can divide and replicate (since these processes are mediated...RABV monosynaptic tracing is a powerful tool that can be used to reveal brain circuitry, and continue to...