Brain Development: Methods and Protocols

Part I: Drosophila Protocols

1. Immunostaining of the Developing Embryonic and Larval Drosophila Brain

Danielle C. Diaper and Frank Hirth

2. Non-Fluorescent RNA In Situ-Hybridization Combined with Antibody Staining to Visualize Multiple Gene Expression Patterns in the Embryonic Brain of Drosophila

David Jussen and Rolf Urbach

3. Analysis of Complete Neuroblast Cell Lineages in the Drosophila Embryonic Brain via DiI-Labeling

Karoline F. Kraft and Rolf Urbach

4. Flybow to Dissect Circuit Assembly in the Drosophila Brain

Nana Shimosako, Dafni Hadjieconomou, and Iris Salecker

5. Immunofluorescent Labeling of Neural Stem Cells in the Drosophila Optic Lobe

Benjamin Perruchoud and Boris Egger

6. Using MARCM to Study Drosophila Brain Development

Gudrun Viktorin

Part II: Other Arthropods

7. Dye Coupling and Immunostaining of Astrocyte-Like Glia Following Intracellular Injection of Fluorochromes in Brain Slices of the Grasshopper, Schistocerca gregaria

George Boyan and Yu Liu

Part III: Molluscs

8. Methods in Brain Development of Molluscs

Andreas Wanninger and Tim Wollesen

Part IV: Xenopus Protocols

9. In Situ Hybridization and Immunostaining of Xenopus Brain

Kai-li Liu, Xiu-mei Wang, Zi-long Li, and Ying Liu

10. Microinjection Manipulations in the Elucidation of Xenopus Brain Development

Cristine Smoczer, Lara Hooker, Saqib S. Sachani, and Michael J. Crawford

11. Morpholino Studies in Xenopus Brain Development

Jennifer E. Bestman and Hollis T. Cline

Part V: Zebrafish Protocols

12. Sensitive Whole-Mount Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization in Zebrafish Using Enhanced Tyramide Signal Amplification

Gilbert Lauter, Iris S?ll, and Giselbert Hauptmann

13. Dynamic Neuroanatomy at Subcellular Resolution in the Zebrafish

Ad?le Faucherre and Hern?n L?pez-Schier

14. Anatomical Dissection of Zebrafish Brain Development

Katherine J. Turner, Thomas G. Bracewell, and Thomas A. Hawkins

Part VI: Chicken Protocols

15. Immunohistochemistry and In Situ Hybridization in the Developing Chicken Brain

Richard P. Tucker and Qizhi Gong

16. Transplantation of Neural Tissue: Quail-Chick Chimeras

Andrea Streit and Claudio D. Stern

17. RNAi-Based Gene Silencing in Chicken Brain Development

Irwin Andermatt and Esther T. Stoeckli

Part VII: Mouse Protocols

18. Immunohistochemistry and RNA In Situ Hybridization in Mouse Brain Development

Jinling Liu and Aimin Liu

19. In Utero Electroporation to Study Mouse Brain Development

Emilie Pacary and Fran?ois Guillemot

20. The Cre/Lox System to Assess the Development of the Mouse Brain

Claudius F. Kratochwil and Filippo M. Rijli