Dynamic longitudinal investigation of individual nerve endings in the skin of anesthetized mice using in vivo two-photon microscopy

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Yuryev, Mikhail ^a   Khiroug, Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cutaneous nerve endings; Optical biopsy; Peripheral nervous system; Skin innervation; Thy1 promoter; Thy1 YFP H mouse line; Two photon microscopy

Indexed keywords

PHOTOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FOOT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NERVE ENDING; SKIN; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FOOT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; NERVE ENDINGS; SKIN;

EID: 84862696274     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.17.4.046007     Document Type: Article

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