Whole isolated neocortical and hippocampal preparations and their use in imaging studies

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 203-216

  Davies, Melissa L ^a   Kirov, Sergei A ^b   Andrew, R David ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

2 Photon microscopy; Anoxic depolarization; GFP; Ischemia; Light transmittance; Spreading depression; Stroke

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN SLICE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CELL SWELLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DEPOLARIZATION; GRANULE CELL; HEART MOVEMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGING; ISCHEMIA; LASER MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPREADING CORTICAL DEPRESSION; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANOXIA; DENDRITES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GLUCOSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEOCORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; POTASSIUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35548964371     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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