Live optical imaging of nervous system development

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2004, Pages 771-798

  Niell, Cristopher M ^a   Smith, Stephen J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal; Migration; Neurite growth; Synaptogenesis; Two photon

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

BRAIN CORTEX; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENDRITE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH; GROWTH CONE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; POLARIMETRY; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TIME; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; OPTICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OPTICS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 2342544201     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.66.082602.095217     Document Type: Review

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