New developments in multiphoton microscopy

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 593-601

  Helmchen, Fritjof ^a   Denk, Winfried ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; FLUORESCENT DYE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DISEASE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTRAST; DENDRITE; FIBER OPTICS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; IMAGING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LASER MICROSCOPE; LASER MICROSCOPY; MOBILIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINE; SYNAPSE; TECHNOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR;

EID: 0036802885     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(02)00362-8     Document Type: Review

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