Multiphoton microscopy of cleared mouse brain expressing YFP

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 67, 2012, Pages

  Parra, Sonia G ^a   Vesuna, Sam S ^a   Murray, Teresa A ^a,b   Levene, Michael J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical engineering; Brain; Clearing; Fluroescence; Issue 67; Molecular biology; Mouse; Multiphoton microscopy; Neuroscience; YFP

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868285136     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3848     Document Type: Article

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