NPE-caged-HPTS

Biological Activity

Technical Data

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Background References

1. Photochemical and pharmacological evaluation of 7-nitroindolinyl-and 4-methoxy-7-nitroindolinyl-amino acids as novel, fast caged neurotransmitters.
   Canepari et al.
   J.Neurosci.Methods., 2001;112:29
2. Synapse-specific plasticity and compartmentalized signaling in cerebellar stellate cells.
   Soler-Llavina et al.
   Nat.Neurosci., 2006;9:798
3. Comparisons of simultaneous pH measurements made with 8-hydroxypyrene-1,3,6-trisulphonic acid (HPTS) and pH-sensitive microelectrodes in snail neurones.
   Willoughby et al.
   Pflugers Arch., 1998;436:615
4. Chemotactic responses of Escherichia coli to small jumps of photoreleased L-aspartate.
   Jasuja et al.
   Biophys.J., 1999;76:1706
5. The efficiency of two-photon photolysis of a "caged " fluorophore, o-1-(2-nitrophenyl)ethylpyranine, in relation to photodamage of synaptic terminals.
   Kiskin et al.
   Eur.Biophys.J., 2002;30:588
6. Neuronal activity regulates diffusion across the neck of dendritic spines.
   Bloodgood and Sabatini
   Science, 2005;310:866
7. Laser photolysis of caged compounds at 405 nm: photochemical advantages, localisation, phototoxicity and methods for calibration.
   Trigo et al.
   J.Neurosci.Methods, 2009;180:9

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