Imaging microcircuit function in healthy and diseased brain

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 242, Issue , 2013, Pages 41-49

  Garaschuk, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid plaques; Genetically encoded calcium indicators (GECI); In vivo calcium imaging; Microglia; Multi cell bolus loading; Neurodegeneration; Neuroinflammation; Small molecule calcium indicators (SMCI); Sulforhodamine 101; Two photon microscopy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

AGING; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LABELING; CELL SPECIFICITY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MICROGLIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CALCIUM; COLORING AGENTS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; NERVE NET; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS;

EID: 84875052987     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2012.02.009     Document Type: Review

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