Chronic imaging of mouse visual cortex using a thinned-skull preparation

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 44, 2010, Pages

  Kelly, Emily A ^a   Majewska, Ania K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrite; Imaging; Issue 44; Neuroscience; Thinned skull; Two photon microscopy; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355133755     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2060     Document Type: Article

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