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Calcium Imaging of Cortical Neurons using Fura-2 AM
Published on: January 19, 2009
Measurement of [Ca²+]i in whole cell suspensions using fura-2
Robert A Hirst1, Charlotte Harrison, Kazuyoshi Hirota
1Department of Child Health, Division of Anaestheisa, Critical Care, and Pain Management, Leicester Royal Infirmary, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.)
|February 23, 2011
Abstract:
An elevation in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) acts to trigger a range of cellular events including neurotransmitter release, muscle contraction, and oocyte fertilization. The pattern of elevation in [Ca(2+)](i) and response to that elevation is dependent on the agonist and the cell type.
