Imaging calcium dynamics in the nervous system by means of ballistic delivery of indicators

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-43

  Kettunen, Petronella ^a   Demas, Jay ^b   Lohmann, Christian ^b   Kasthuri, Narayanan ^b,c   Gong, Yandao ^c   Wong, Rachel O L ^b   Gan, Wen Biao ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballistic; Calcium imaging; Calcium indicators; Gene gun; In vivo; Optical imaging

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; INDICATOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LABELING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DENDRITIC SPINE; FILOPODIUM; GENE GUN; IMAGING; MOUSE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PIPETTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOLISTICS; CALCIUM; CHICK EMBRYO; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FLUORESCENT DYES; FURA-2; MICE; NEURONS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; STAINING AND LABELING; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; TUNGSTEN;

EID: 0037107038     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(02)00154-1     Document Type: Article

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