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A repurposed vaccine grants durable anterograde access to neural circuits

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Fig. 1: Viral tools for transneuronal circuit mapping and interrogation.

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This work was supported by National Institutes of Health award U01 NS120824 and the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Young Investigator award.

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Treweek, J.B. A repurposed vaccine grants durable anterograde access to neural circuits. Nat Methods 18, 1459–1461 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-021-01345-7

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