Efficient large core fiber-based detection for multi-channel two-photon fluorescence microscopy and spectral unmixing

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 172-180

  Ducros, Mathieu ^a,b,c   van't Hoff, Marcel ^a,b,c,e   Evrard, Alexis ^a,b,c   Seebacher, Christian ^d   Schmidt, Elke M ^a,b,c   Charpak, Serge ^a,b,c   Oheim, Martin ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

2 Photon microscopy; Brainbow mouse; Collection efficiency; Scattering tissue; Spectral imaging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; FIBER OPTICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPE; MOUSE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; NEURONS; OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 79957706153     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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