<i>Drd1a-</i>tdTomato BAC Transgenic Mice for Simultaneous Visualization of Medium Spiny Neurons in the Direct and Indirect Pathways of the Basal Ganglia

Jessica A. Shuen, Meng Chen, Bernd Gloss, Nicole Calakos

Journal of Neuroscience · 2008 · 251 citations · 19 references

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### Introduction The expression of fluorescent proteins in defined subsets of neurons has become a powerful tool for neurobiology. One limitation of this technology is that the majority of BAC transgenic mice harnessing this technology use enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) as the

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