Stable in vivo imaging of densely populated glia, axons and blood vessels in the mouse spinal cord using two-photon microscopy

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-7

  Davalos, Dimitrios ^a   Lee, Jae K ^b   Smith, W Bryan ^a   Brinkman, Brendan ^b   Ellisman, Mark H ^a,b   Zheng, Binhai ^b   Akassoglou, Katerina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axons; In vivo imaging; Microglia; Spinal cord; Two photon microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

ACEPROMAZINE; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CAPILLARIES; CELL MOVEMENT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KETAMINE; LAMINECTOMY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROGLIA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; STAINING AND LABELING; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; URETHANE; XYLAZINE;

EID: 39749169771     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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