Visualization of the dendritic arbor of neurons in intact 500 μm thick brain slices

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-67

  Hamam, Bassam N ^a   Kennedy, Timothy E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axon; Confocal microscopy; Dendrite; Immunohistochemistry; Morphology; Patch electrode; Sharp electrode

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; REAGENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRODE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COLORING AGENTS; DENDRITES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; PARVALBUMINS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 0037441738     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(02)00341-2     Document Type: Article

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