Dissection of Spinal Cords for Analysis of Axonal Pathfinding in dsRNA-Treated Avian Embryos
This protocol was adapted from “RNAi in Avian Embryos,” contributed by Esther T. Stoeckli, Chapter 14, in RNAi: A Guide to Gene Silencing (ed. Hannon). Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA, 2003.INTRODUCTION
This protocol describes how to dissect spinal cords of dsRNA-treated avian embryos for analysis of commissural axon guidance. After fixation of the spinal cord with paraformaldehyde, commissural axons are stained with Fast-DiI.
