In vitro functional imaging in brain slices using fast voltage-sensitive dye imaging combined with whole-cell patch recording

Nature Protocols

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 249-255

  Carlson, Greg C ^a   Coulter, Douglas A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE SENSITIVE DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BRAIN SLICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHOLE CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS;

EID: 39449091602     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.539     Document Type: Article

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