Organotypic slices in vitro: Repeated, same-cell, high-resolution tracking of nuclear and cytoplasmic fluorescent signals in live, transfected cerebellar neurons by confocal microscopy

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-110

  Fenili, Daniela ^a   De Boni, Umberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biolistic transfection; Cerebellum, Confocal microscopy; Dynamic; Organotypic slice cultures; Water immersion objectives

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GLASS; WATER;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; BRAIN SLICE; CELL ASSAY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CEREBELLUM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; EXPLANT; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 0038062944     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(03)00020-5     Document Type: Article

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