Imaging calcium responses in GFP-tagged neurons of hypothalamic mouse brain slices

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 66, 2012, Pages

  Schauer, Christian ^a   Leinders Zufall, Trese ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; Calcium; Confocal imaging; Fura red; GFP; Hypothalamus; Issue 66; Medicine; Molecular biology; Mouse; Neuron; Neuroscience; Olfaction; Slice preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868280205     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/4213     Document Type: Article

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