Imaging activity in astrocytes and neurons with genetically encoded calcium indicators following in utero electroporation

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  Gee, J Michael ^a,b   Gibbons, Meredith B ^b   Taheri, Marsa ^a   Palumbos, Sierra ^a   Morris, S Craig ^a   Smeal, Roy M ^b   Flynn, Katherine F ^b   Economo, Michael N ^a   Cizek, Christian G ^a   Capecchi, Mario R ^a   Tvrdik, Petr ^a   Wilcox, Karen S ^b   White, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Astroglia; Calcium imaging; GCaMP3; GCaMP6; Gene expression; Neural network; Rat model; tdTomato

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; GENETICALLY ENCODED CALCIUM INDICATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; INVERTED TERMINAL REPEAT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RAT;

EID: 84930212866     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2015.00010     Document Type: Article

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