Genes and photons: New avenues into the neuronal basis of behavior

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 707-714

  Fetcho, Joseph R ^a   Bhatt, Dimple H ^b  

^a Cornell Univ Ithaca New Y ^*  (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MONITORING; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PHOTON; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOTONS;

EID: 9644260824     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2004.10.008     Document Type: Review

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