Two-photon imaging of dendritic spine development in the mouse cortex

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 771-778

  Pan, Feng ^a   Gan, Wen Biao ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic spines; Development; Imaging; Plasticity; Synapses; Two photon microscopy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGING; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE STABILIZATION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITIC SPINES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHOTONS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 42949114871     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20630     Document Type: Review

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