Bulk loading of calcium indicator dyes to study astrocyte physiology: Key limitations and improvements using morphological maps

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 9353-9358

  Reeves, Alexander M B ^a   Shigetomi, Eiji ^a   Khakh, Baljit S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BULK LOADING; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FUNCTION TEST; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN MAPPING; CALCIUM SIGNALING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VOLTAGE-SENSITIVE DYE IMAGING;

EID: 79959683660     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0127-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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