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Whole Mount Preparation of the Adult Drosophila Ventral Nerve Cord for Giant Fiber Dye Injection

Article DOI: 10.3791/3080-v • 11:13 min • June 4th, 2011
June 4th, 2011 •
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1Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University

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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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Axonal Morphology Dendritic Morphology Neuronal Structures Labeling Tissue Damage Dissection Method Nervous System Ventral Nerve Cord Cervical Connective Giant Fibers Fluorescent Dye Injection Staining Imaging
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