Time-lapse imaging of dendritic spines in vitro

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2399-2405

  Verkuyl, J Martin ^a   Matus, Andrew ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; METHODOLOGY; TIME; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DENDRITIC SPINES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 34548856203     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.357     Document Type: Article

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