The use of vibratome sections for the ruthenium tetroxide protocol: A key for optimal visualization of epidermal lipid bilayers of the entire human stratum corneum in transmission electron microscopy

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-70

  Van Der Meulen, J ^a   Van Den Bergh, B A I ^b   Mulder, A A ^a,c   Mieke Mommaas, A ^a,c   Bouwstra, J A ^b   Koerten, H K ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Human; Lamellar bodies; Lipids; Ruthenium tetroxide; Stratum corneum; Vibratome

Indexed keywords

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIPID BILAYERS; VISUALIZATION;

GLUTARALDEHYDES; HUMAN; HUMAN SKIN; HUMAN STRATUM CORNEUM; LAMELLAR BODY; OSMIUM TETROXIDE; PARAFORMALDEHYDES; RUTHENIUM TETROXIDE; STRATUM CORNEUM; VIBRATOME;

LIPIDS;

ARTICLE; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID BILAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATUM CORNEUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0029834097     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1996.1070664.x     Document Type: Article

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