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Histochemical tracer

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A histochemical tracer is a chemical used to show where cells are and how neurons connect. Tracers can move in two directions: retrograde (from the nerve ending back to the cell body) or anterograde (from the cell body toward the nerve ending). Some tracers work in both directions.


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