Imaging of thick sections of nervous tissue with energy-filtering transmission electron microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-101

  Kortje K H ^a   Paulus, U ^a   Ibsch, M ^a   Rahmann, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS); electron microscopy; electron spectroscopic imaging (ESI); energy filtering transmission electron microscopy (EFTEM); fish; nervous system; thick section; three dimensional visualization

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INELASTIC SCATTERING; NEURONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TISSUE; VISUALIZATION;

ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS SPECTROSCOPIES; ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; ENERGY-FILTERING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; ENERGY-FILTERING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FINE STRUCTURES; NERVOUS TISSUES; THICK SECTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FISH; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0029680224     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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