Ca2+ fluorescence imaging with pico- and femtosecond two-photon excitation: Signal and photodamage

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2226-2236

  Koester, Helmut J ^a   Baur, Dagmar ^a   Uhl, Rainer ^b   Hell, Stefan W ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CALCIUM; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHOTOTOXICITY; RAT; ABSORPTION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; FLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; KINETICS; LASER; METABOLISM; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTON; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WISTAR RAT;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; DIFFUSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT DYES; KINETICS; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032589397     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77063-3     Document Type: Article

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