title: Visual cortex: two-photon excitement.
abstract: Current in vivo methods for imaging the visual cortex lack the ability to map response properties at the level of single cells. A new technique using two-photon imaging of calcium signals has now overcome this limitation.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Neurobiologie, Martinsried, Germany. mark@neuro.mpg.de
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hübener
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bonhoeffer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000502:physiology; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology; D017785:Photons; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; C403124:Oregon Green BAPTA-dextran; D009930:Organic Chemicals