Two-photon targeted recording of GFP-expressing neurons for light responses and live-cell imaging in the mouse retina

Nature Protocols

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1347-1352

  Wei, Wei ^a   Elstrott, Justin ^a   Feller, Marla B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RETINA; RETINA NERVE CELL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DEVICES; GENETICS; INBRED MOUSE STRAIN; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; LASER SCANNING CYTOMETRY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PROCEDURES; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LASER SCANNING CYTOMETRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RETINA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 77954302293     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2010.106     Document Type: Article

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