Universidade Federal da Bahia 1 article published in JoVE Neuroscience Visualizing Shifts on Neuron-Glia Circuit with the Calcium Imaging Technique Matheus H. Tempone1, Hercules R. Freitas2, Clarissa S. Schitine3, Ricardo A. de Melo Reis1 1Laboratory of Neurochemistry, Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 2Laboratory of Neuroenergetics and Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Institute of Medical Biochemistry Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 3Laboratory of Neurochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Life Sciences, Universidade Federal da Bahia Cell calcium imaging is a versatile methodology to study dynamic signaling of individual cells, on mixed populations in culture or even on awakened animals, based on the expression of calcium-permeable channels/receptors that gives unique functional signatures.
