Two-photon microscopy as a tool to study blood flow and neurovascular coupling in the rodent brain

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1277-1309

  Shih, Andy Y ^a   Driscoll, Jonathan D ^a   Drew, Patrick J ^b,c   Nishimura, Nozomi ^d   Schaffer, Chris B ^d   Kleinfeld, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow; cranial window; neurovascular coupling; stroke; two photon microscopy; vasculature

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CELL ACTIVITY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; LASER MICROSCOPY; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TWO PHOTON LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; MICE; MICROSCOPY; PHOTONS; RATS;

EID: 84863446808     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2011.196     Document Type: Review

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