In vivo dendritic calcium imaging with a fiberoptic periscope system

Nature Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1551-1559

  Murayama, Masanori ^a   Larkum, Matthew E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; DENDRITE; ELECTRONICS; ENDOSCOPE; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CRANIOTOMY; DENDRITES; ENDOSCOPES; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; MINIATURIZATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 73349107478     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2009.142     Document Type: Article

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