Description
A fluorescent neuronal tracer that labels cell bodies, axons, dendrites, and dendritic spines; has been used as an anterograde tracer to study neuronal development in vivo and as a retrograde tracer to label hippocampal neuronal connections in fixed postmortem brain tissue; has been used as a long-term plasma membrane label in live cells; ex/em = 549/565 nm, respectively
Formal name: 2-[3-(1,3-dihydro-3,3-dimethyl-1-octadecyl-2H-indol-2-ylidene)-1-propen-1-yl]-3,3-dimethyl-1-octadecyl-3H-indolium, monoperchlorate
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Molecular weight: 933.9
CAS: 41085-99-8
Purity: ≥98%
Formulation: A crystalline solid