The neuronal naturalist: Watching neurons in their native habitat

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 11s, 2001, Pages 1215-1220

  Lichtman, Jeff W ^a   Fraser, Scott E ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NEURAL CREST; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COLORING AGENTS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; NEURAL CREST; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0035513604     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn754     Document Type: Review

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