Two-photon scanning microscopy of in vivo sensory responses of cortical neurons genetically encoded with a fluorescent voltage sensor in rat

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn , Issue MARCH, 2012, Pages 1-23

  Ahrens, Kurt F ^a   Heider, Barbara ^a   Lee, Hanson ^b   Isacoff, Ehud Y ^b   Siegel, Ralph M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Single cell cortex two photon imaging genetic engineering vision

Indexed keywords

FLARE PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; BRAIN CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; IN VIVO STUDY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TWO PHOTON SCANNING MICROSCOPY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84863258473     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2012.00015     Document Type: Article

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