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SUBMITTER: Srinivasan R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5403514 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Srinivasan Rahul R Lu Tsai-Yi TY Chai Hua H Xu Ji J Huang Ben S BS Golshani Peyman P Coppola Giovanni G Khakh Baljit S BS
Neuron 20161208 6
Astrocytes exist throughout the nervous system and are proposed to affect neural circuits and behavior. However, studying astrocytes has proven difficult because of the lack of tools permitting astrocyte-selective genetic manipulations. Here, we report the generation of Aldh1l1-Cre/ERT2 transgenic mice to selectively target astrocytes in vivo. We characterized Aldh1l1-Cre/ERT2 mice using imaging, immunohistochemistry, AAV-FLEX-GFP microinjections, and crosses to RiboTag, Ai95, and new Cre-depend ...[more]