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An artery-specific fluorescent dye for studying neurovascular coupling.

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Shen, Z; Lu, Z; Chhatbar, PY; O'Herron, P; Kara, P
Published in: Nature methods
January 2012

We demonstrate that Alexa Fluor 633 hydrazide (Alexa Fluor 633) selectively labels neocortical arteries and arterioles by binding to elastin fibers. We measured sensory stimulus-evoked arteriole dilation dynamics in mouse, rat and cat visual cortex using Alexa Fluor 633 together with neuronal activity using calcium indicators or blood flow using fluorescein dextran. Arteriole dilation decreased fluorescence recorded from immediately underlying neurons, representing a potential artifact during neuronal functional imaging experiments.

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Nature methods

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EISSN

1548-7105

ISSN

1548-7091

Publication Date

January 2012

Volume

9

Issue

3

Start / End Page

273 / 276

Related Subject Headings

  • Voltage-Sensitive Dye Imaging
  • Rats
  • Neurons
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton
  • Mice
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Developmental Biology
  • Cerebral Arteries
  • Cats
  • Brain
 

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Shen, Z., Lu, Z., Chhatbar, P. Y., O’Herron, P., & Kara, P. (2012). An artery-specific fluorescent dye for studying neurovascular coupling. Nature Methods, 9(3), 273–276. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.1857
Shen, Zhiming, Zhongyang Lu, Pratik Y. Chhatbar, Philip O’Herron, and Prakash Kara. “An artery-specific fluorescent dye for studying neurovascular coupling.Nature Methods 9, no. 3 (January 2012): 273–76. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.1857.
Shen Z, Lu Z, Chhatbar PY, O’Herron P, Kara P. An artery-specific fluorescent dye for studying neurovascular coupling. Nature methods. 2012 Jan;9(3):273–6.
Shen, Zhiming, et al. “An artery-specific fluorescent dye for studying neurovascular coupling.Nature Methods, vol. 9, no. 3, Jan. 2012, pp. 273–76. Epmc, doi:10.1038/nmeth.1857.
Shen Z, Lu Z, Chhatbar PY, O’Herron P, Kara P. An artery-specific fluorescent dye for studying neurovascular coupling. Nature methods. 2012 Jan;9(3):273–276.

Published In

Nature methods

DOI

EISSN

1548-7105

ISSN

1548-7091

Publication Date

January 2012

Volume

9

Issue

3

Start / End Page

273 / 276

Related Subject Headings

  • Voltage-Sensitive Dye Imaging
  • Rats
  • Neurons
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton
  • Mice
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Developmental Biology
  • Cerebral Arteries
  • Cats
  • Brain