Functional calcium imaging in developing cortical networks

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 56, 2011, Pages

  Dawitz, Julia ^a   Kroon, Tim ^a   Johannes Hjorth, J J ^a   Meredith, Rhiannon M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calcium; Cortex; Development; Imaging; Issue 56; Mouse; Multiphoton; Network; Neuroscience

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054946938     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3550     Document Type: Article

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