Application of two-photon flash photolysis to reveal intercellular communication and intracellular Ca2+ movements

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 418-427

  Soeller, C ^a   Jacobs, M D ^a   Donaldson, P J ^a   Cannell, M B ^a   Jones, K T ^b   Ellis Davies, G C R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caged compounds; Calcium; Diffusion; Microscopy; Photolysis; Two photon

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARDIOLOGY; CELLS; DIFFUSION; MUSCLE; PHOTOLYSIS; PHOTONS;

TWO-PHOTON EXCITATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

FLUORESCEIN; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; C57BL MOUSE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIFFUSION; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; LASER; LENS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; OOCYTE; PHOTOLYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNEXINS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DIFFUSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLUORESCEIN; GAP JUNCTIONS; LASERS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; OOCYTES; PHOTOLYSIS; RATS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0141867730     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1582468     Document Type: Article

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