Applications of two-photon microscopy in the neurosciences.

Cruz HG; Lüscher C

doi:10.2741/1696

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Applications of two-photon microscopy in the neurosciences.

Cruz HG Department of Basic Neurosciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
Lüscher C

2005-06-23

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Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library. - 2005

English Thanks to deep tissue penetration of infrared light (IR), two-photon laser scanning microscopy (2PLSM) has become an important tool in modern neuroscience. Examples range from the high-resolution visualization of dendritic spines in single neurons to the monitoring of intracellular Ca++ transients in small neural networks. In the present review we give an overview of the current achievements and discuss emerging applications of the technique.

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