Two-photon Imaging of Synaptic Plasticity and Pathology in the Living Mouse Brain

NeuroRx

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 489-496

  Grutzendler, Jaime ^a   Gan, Wen Biao ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; cerebrovascular disease; dendritic spines; imaging; synapses; Two photon microscopy

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; DENDRITIC SPINE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; SYNAPSE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 33749021651     PISSN: 15455343     EISSN: 15455351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nurx.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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