Functional imaging in freely moving animals

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-53

  Kerr, Jason N D ^a   Nimmerjahn, Axel ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LOCOMOTION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPIKE WAVE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 84857687409     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2011.12.002     Document Type: Review

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