Imaging intracellular Ca2+ signals in striatal astrocytes from adult mice using genetically-encoded calcium indicators

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 93, 2014, Pages

  Jiang, Ruotian ^a   Haustein, Martin D ^a   Sofroniew, Michael V ^a   Khakh, Baljit S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AAV2 5; Astrocyte; Brain slice; Calcium; GCaMP3; GECI; Imaging; Issue 93; Neuroscience; Stereotaxic injection; Striatum

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM SENSING RECEPTOR;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; C57BL MOUSE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHEMISTRY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CORPUS STRIATUM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, CALCIUM-SENSING;

EID: 84911453902     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51972     Document Type: Article

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