Surgical implantation of a head plate in mice in preparation for in vivo Two-photon imaging of microglia

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 583-586

  Nimmerjahn, Axel ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; FIXATION DEVICE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEAD PLATE; IMPLANTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; TWO PHOTON IMAGING;

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EID: 84860593997     PISSN: 19403402     EISSN: 15596095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.prot069278     Document Type: Article

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