Methods library · Cells and imaging
Targeted cell ablation
Also called DTR ablation, laser ablation, diphtheria toxin
Killing chosen cells with lasers, toxins or genetically targeted diphtheria toxin to ask what they are needed for.
The film for this method is in production. Until then, the lessons below explain it where they use it.
Where it is taught
23 lessons use this method.
Developmental Neuroscience
- The Organizer: Spemann and Mangold
- Neural Induction: The Default Model
- Local Organizers: The Midbrain-Hindbrain Boundary
- Pioneers, Guideposts and the Logic of Guidance Cues
- Building the Neuromuscular Junction: Agrin, Lrp4 and MuSK
- Sensitive Periods in Behavior: Song, Language and Sight
- New Neurons in the Adult Brain