Optical recording of electrical activity in guinea-pig enteric networks using voltage-sensitive dyes

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 34, 2010, Pages

  Obaid, Ana L ^a   Salzberg, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

di 4 ANEPPDHQ; Enteric nervous system; Enteric plexuses; Gut; Myenteric plexus; Naphthylstyryl pyridinium dye; Neural networks; Optical recording; Potentiometric probes; Submucous plexus; Voltage sensitive dyes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955307305     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/1631     Document Type: Article

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