Pulsing mercury arc lamps for uncaging and fast imaging

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-42

  Denk, Winfried ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast imaging; Mercury arc lamp; Pulsing; Uncaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

LIGHTING; MERCURY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0031003563     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)00153-7     Document Type: Article

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