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Genetically encoded Ca2+ sensors come of age

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A decade after the introduction of genetically encoded Ca2+ indicator proteins (GECIs), a new generation of improved GECIs demonstrates their usefulness for the functional analysis of the mammalian brain in vivo.

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Figure 1: GECIs suitable for in vivo recordings in the mammalian brain.

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  1. Nathalie L Rochefort & Arthur Konnerth are in the Institute of Neuroscience, Technical University Munich, 80802 Munich, Germany. arthur.konnerth@lrz.tum.de,

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Rochefort, N., Konnerth, A. Genetically encoded Ca2+ sensors come of age. Nat Methods 5, 761–762 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth0908-761

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