Advanced optical techniques to explore brain structure and function

Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Silvestri, L ^a   Mascaro, A L Allegra ^a   Lotti, J ^a   Sacconi, L ^a,b   Pavone, F S ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d ICON (International Center of Computational Neurophotonics) Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain; light sheet microscopy; optical microscopy; two photon microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIALS; BRAIN STRUCTURE; CELLULAR RESOLUTION; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; GRAND CHALLENGE; LIGHT-SHEET MICROSCOPIES; NEURONAL PROCESS; NONLINEAR MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL METHODS; OPTICAL TECHNIQUE; REAL-TIME DYNAMICS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYNAPTIC CONTACTS; TWO PHOTON MICROSCOPY; UNIQUE FEATURES; VOLTAGE SENSITIVE DYES;

BRAIN; NEURONS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PLASTICITY;

OPTICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 84874396183     PISSN: 17935458     EISSN: 17937205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1793545812300029     Document Type: Review

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