Repeatable target localization for long-term in vivo imaging of mice with 2-photon microscopy

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 357-363

  Hefendehl, Jasmin K ^a,b,c   Milford, David ^a   Eicke, Daniel ^a   Wegenast Braun, Bettina M ^a,b   Calhoun, Michael E ^a   Grathwohl, Stefan A ^a,b   Jucker, Mathias ^a,b   Liebig, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

2 Photon imaging; Alzheimer's disease; Head fixation device

Indexed keywords

2 PHOTON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REGION OF INTEREST; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; MICE; MICROSCOPY; NEUROIMAGING; PHOTONS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857293667     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.10.029     Document Type: Article

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