Imaging neuronal responses in slice preparations of vomeronasal organ expressing a genetically encoded calcium sensor

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 58, 2011, Pages

  Ma, Limei ^a   Haga Yamanaka, Sachiko ^a   Yu, Qingfeng Elden ^a   Qiu, Qiang ^a   Kim, SangSeong ^a   Ron Yu, C ^a,b  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium imaging; G CaMP2; Issue 58; Neuroscience; Pheromone; Slice preparation; Urine; VNO; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455201268     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3404     Document Type: Article

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