Optical imaging of neuronal activity in tissue labeled by retrograde transport of Calcium Green Dextran

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-164

  McPherson, Duane R ^a   McClellan, Andrew D ^b   O'Donovan, Michael J ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Ca2+ sensitive fluorescent dye; Cell calcium; Dextran conjugated dye; Optical recording; Retrograde labeling

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; STAINING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; DEXTRANS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT DYES; LAMPREYS; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; OPTICS;

EID: 0031396817     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(96)00024-4     Document Type: Article

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