Photon upmanship: Why multiphoton imaging is more than a gimmick

Neuron

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 351-357

  Denk, Winfried ^a   Svoboda, Karel ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALCIUM TRANSPORT; IMAGING SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROSCOPY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0030993430     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)81237-4     Document Type: Review

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