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Analysis of neuronal gene expression with laser capture microdissection.
Journal of neuroscience research - 1 Sept 2002
Vincent Valerie A M, DeVoss Jason J, Ryan Heather S, Murphy Greer M
Abstract excerpt
The brain is a heterogeneous tissue in which the numbers of neurons, glia, and other cell types vary among anatomic regions. Gene expression studies performed on brain homogenates yield results reflecting mRNA abundance in a mixture of cell types. Therefore, a method for quantifying gene expression in individual cell populations would be useful. Laser capture microdissection (LCM) is a new technique for obtaining...
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