Practical considerations in acquiring biological signals from confocal microscope

NeuroSignals

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 45-51

  Lui, Pauline P Y ^a   Lee, Michael M F ^a   Ko, Samuel ^a   Lee, C Y ^a   Kong, S K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Fluorescence imaging

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CELL ACTIVITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGING; LASER;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL LINE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LASERS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XANTHENES;

EID: 0030844415     PISSN: 1424862X     EISSN: 14248638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109108     Document Type: Article

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