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Neuron–Glial Interactions in the Developing Cerebellum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2012

Anna Dunaevsky
Anna Dunaevsky*
Affiliation:
Developmental Neuroscience, Munroe Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985960 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68918, USA
*
Corresponding author. E-mail: adunaevsky@unmc.edu
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Abstract

Advances in microscopy allow one to probe the structure of neurons and their interactions with astrocytes in brain slices and in vivo at ever increasing resolution. Moreover, the dynamic interactions between the cells can be examined in live preparation. In this paper we discuss how a variety of imaging approaches: confocal microscopy, electron microscopy, and multiphoton time-lapse microscopy are employed to probe neuron glia interactions in the developing cerebellum.

Keywords

cerebellumsynapseastrocytesdendritic spines
Type
Special Section: Seventh Omaha Imaging Symposium
Information
Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , August 2012 , pp. 742 - 744
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2012

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