Imaging nervous system activity

Current Protocols in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.49, 2009, Pages

  Fields, Douglas R ^a   Shneider, Neil ^b   Mentis, George Z ^b   O'Donovan, Michael J ^b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroporation; Inverse Pericam; Ion sensitive dyes; Retrograde loading; Voltage sensitive dyes

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM GREEN 1; CALCIUM SENSITIVE DYE; DYE; FLUO 3; FLUORESCENT DYE; FURA 2; FURAPTRA; INDO 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BOLUS INJECTION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; ELECTROPORATION; ILLUMINATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; METHODOLOGY; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; TIME; TISSUE PREPARATION; TISSUE SLICE;

EID: 75749155027     PISSN: 19348584     EISSN: 19348576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142301.ns0203s49     Document Type: Review

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