Targeting neurotransmitter receptors with nanoparticles in vivo allows single-molecule tracking in acute brain slices

Single quantum dot tracking is an established technique used in cultured neurons and organotypic brain slices. Here, the authors demonstrate in vivotargeting of dopamine receptors via ventricular injection of functionalized quantum dots and track single nanoparticle-receptors in acute rat brain slic...

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Main Authors: Juan A. Varela, Julien P. Dupuis, Laetitia Etchepare, Agnès Espana, Laurent Cognet, Laurent Groc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10947