Danzer SC, Crooks KRC, Lo DC, McNamara JO. (2002) Increased basal dendrites and axonal branching of BDNF-transfected dentate granule cells in hippocampal explant cultures. Journal of Neuroscience 22: 9754-9763.
Composite image showing dentate granule cells biolistically transfected with green fluorescent protein (GFP) or GFP plus brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Immunoreactivity for hemagglutinin-tagged BDNF is illustrated in red. Endogenous autofluorescence of the granule cell layer is shown in blue. Basal dendrites are shown in green. Plasmid-coated gold particles (1.6 µm) are shown in white. BDNF-transfected granule cells exhibit both axonal and dendritic sprouting.
