Measuring membrane potential and electric field of brainstem neurons in vitro by confocal microscopy

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 84-90

  Ma, J ^a   Cui, F Z ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cellular and molecular biology; Cellular transmembrane potential; CLSM; Neuron; Staining and imaging techniques

Indexed keywords

RHODAMINE 123;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CELL VIABILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FLUORESCENCE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; SCINTISCANNING; STAINING; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN STEM; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROSTATICS; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHODAMINE 123;

EID: 2542478017     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresprot.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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