Spines and dendrites cannot be assumed to distribute dye evenly

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-16

  De Simoni, Anna ^a   Fernandes, Filomena ^a   Edwards, Frances A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DYE; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; ERROR; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; LETTER; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0346786543     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2003.10.006     Document Type: Letter

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