Longitudinal in vivo two-photon fluorescence imaging

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 522, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1708-1727

  Crowe, Sarah E ^a   Ellis Davies, Graham C R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic surgery; Cranial window; Spine stability; Transgenic fluorescence; Two photon excitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; PROCEDURES;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; NEOCORTEX;

EID: 84897401373     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23502     Document Type: Article

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