Dye screening and signal-to-noise ratio for retrogradely transported voltage-sensitive dyes

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-129

  Tsau, Yang ^a,e   Wenner, Peter ^b   O'Donovan, Michael J ^b   Cohen, Lawrence B ^a   Loew, Leslie M ^c,d   Wuskell, Joseph P ^c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dye synthesis; embryonic chick spinal cord; hydrophobic vs hydrophilic dye; multi site recording; optical recording; retrograde staining; styryl dye; voltage sensitive dye

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CHICK EMBRYO; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT DYES; ION CHANNEL GATING; MOTOR NEURONS; OPTICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPINAL CORD; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0030605276     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)00109-4     Document Type: Article

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