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Mar 27, 2015
Epifluorescence
Confocal
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Point Spread Function
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Disco di Airy
3D Deconvolution
Sassoè-Pognetto et al., J Comp Neurol 2000
Sassoè-Pognetto et al., J Comp Neurol 2000
FITC-TRITC emission
WT GABAAR1 KOVGAT/Calb
Wulff et al., Nat Neurosci in press
GABA-positive terminals in the molecular layermake asymmetric synapses with Purkinje cell spines
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GABAGABA
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Fritschy et al., J Neurosci 2006
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NL2 does not localize ectopically at heterologous synapses with PC spines
GABAGABA
NL2/mGluR1/GAD
NL2/Car8/GAD
Patrizi et al., PNAS 2008
Schneider Gasser et al et al.,
Two-photon microscopy
Two photons of low energy (infrared range) can excite a fluorophore → emission of a fluorescence photon at a higher energy
Excitation is restricted to a tiny focal volume (rejection of out-of-focus signals)
Longer wavelengths penetrate deeper into tissue(1 mm)
Lower energy photons cause relatively low damage outside the focal volume → in vivo imaging