Targeted bulk-loading of fluorescent indicators for two-photon brain imaging in vivo

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 380-386

  Garaschuk, Olga ^a   Milos, Ruxandra Iulia ^b   Konnerth, Arthur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; STAINING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; NERVE NET; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 33751113978     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.58     Document Type: Article

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