Tracer Products

To comprehend the intricate systems of the brain, it is necessary to understand how neurons are connected, to describe the fine structure of neural circuits, and to recognize their functions. Creative Biolabs is committed to the development of tracing tools that can specifically label cell types and visualize conduction directions with controllable directionality to enable precise understanding and research of neural circuit networks.

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Product Overview

Creative Biolabs offers a wide range of neural tracing tools for precisely labeling neural circuits. These tools include traditional tracers (nonviral tracers) and recombinant viral vectors (viral tracers).

Nonviral tracers are commonly employed to determine neural connections between different brain areas in experimental animals. These substances, which are versatile, extremely sensitive, and capable of selective anterograde and retrograde labeling, have been used to research neural circuits, such as dyes, dextran, proteins, and probes.

Nonviral Tracers Dyes Dextran Proteins Probes

Recombinant viral vectors become an effective tool for tracing neural network connections, overcoming the shortcomings of traditional tracers. The most commonly used viral tracing tools for neural circuit mapping are neurotropic viruses, which can infect nerve cells and spread across synapses along neural circuits, making them ideal tools for mapping neural circuits. Herpes simplex virus (HSV), pseudorabies virus (PRV), rabies virus (RV), and vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) are commonly used neurotropic virus tracing tools. Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is a type of single-stranded DNA replication-deficient virus with a simple structure that has been discovered so far. It has the characteristics of high safety, low immunogenicity, wide range of host cells, and long expression time in vivo. A growing number of studies on the neural circuit are using AAV as a tool to trace the neural circuit.

HSV PRV RV VSV AAV

Advantages

Fast and high efficiency.
Strong background in neural tracing tool.
Hepatotoxicity and strong signal.
Most competitive price.

Tracer Types

We have been involved in neuroscience research for many years and have accumulated extensive experience in neural tracing. We are proud to offer a wide range of neural tracer types, including but not limited to:

Optogenetic Tools Chemogenetic Tools Calcium Sensor Neurotransmitter Sensor Recombinase Tools RNAi Tools CRISPR/Cas9 System Tools Apoptosis/Killing Tools pH Indicator Voltage Indicator AAV Control Tools Neurological Disease Related Virus

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Creative Biolabs provides professional and convenient virus vector and nonviral tools for neural cell manipulation to study neural activity and the treatment of various neurological disorders.

Viral tracers

Cat#	Product Name	Types
NTC2101070CR	AAV2 Full Capsids, Reference Standards	Reference Materials
NRZP-0722-ZP719	rAAV-CAG-DIO-G-Flamp1	Fluorescent cAMP Indicators.
NTA-2012AD-P508	pAAV-hSyn-DIO-XCaMP-R-WPRE	Calcium Indicator
NRZP-0622-ZP616	AAV-EF1a-mCherry-flex-dtA	Cell Ablation
NTA-2012-ZP303	AAV2/2Retro-CAG-DIO-EGFP-2A-TetTox-pA	Retrograde Tracing
NTA-2012-ZP268	AAV2/9-hEF1a-DIO-mCherry-P2A-TetTox-WPRE-pA	Tetanus toxin
NTA-2012-ZP78	AAV2/9-hEF1a-fDIO-eNpHR 3.0-mCherry-WPRE-pA	Chemogenetic inhibition
NRZP-0622-ZP721	AAV2/9-mDLX-iCRE-tdTomato-WPRE-pA	Cre Recombinase
NRZP-0722-ZP719	rAAV-CAG-DIO-G-Flamp1	Neurotransmitter Sensor
NTA-2012-ZP149	AAV2/9-hSyn-Flpo-EGFP-WPRE-pA	Neural Tracing
NTA-2011-ZP20	VSV-eGFP [Vesicular Stomatitis Virus (VSV)]	Neural Tracing

Nonviral tracers

Cat#	Product Name	Types
NTA-2011-ZP118	Dextran-CYanine5.5	Antegrade/Retrograde Tracer
NRZP-0722-ZP124	Dextran, NHS Activated, 200 kDa	Neural Tracing
NRZP-0722-ZP22	Dextran, Cy5 Labeled, 2000 kDa	Neural Tracing