Analysis of dendritic spine morphology in cultured CNS neurons

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 53, 2011, Pages

  Srivastava, Deepak P ^a   Woolfrey, Kevin M ^a   Penzes, Peter ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Confocal microscopy; Cortex; Cortical neurons; Excitatory synapse; Issue 53; Neuroscience; Primary culture; Remodeling; Time lapse imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355145753     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2794     Document Type: Article

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