Optical window preparation for Two-photon imaging of microglia in mice

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 587-593

  Nimmerjahn, Axel ^a  

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ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THINNED SKULL; TWO PHOTON IMAGING;

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EID: 84860572305     PISSN: 19403402     EISSN: 15596095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.prot069286     Document Type: Article

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