Two-photon microscopy in brain tissue: Parameters influencing the imaging depth

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-37

  Oheim, Martin ^a   Beaurepaire, Emmanuel ^a   Chaigneau, Emmanuelle ^a   Mertz, Jerome ^a   Charpak, Serge ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Brain slices; Fluorescence; In vivo; Monte Carlo; Scattering media; Two photon

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ARTERY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NERVE CELL; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; STANDARD; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; LENSES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0035888959     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(01)00438-1     Document Type: Article

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