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Flash Photolysis of Caged Compounds in the Cilia of Olfactory Sensory Neurons
Published on: October 29, 2011
Two-photon uncaging of neurochemicals using inorganic metal complexes
Volodymyr Nikolenko1, Rafael Yuste, Leonardo Zayat
1Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
Abstract:
Neuroactive compounds can be photoreleased by means of two-photon excitation using a new kind of transition metal-based caged compound.
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