Combining laser scanning confocal microscopy and electron microscopy in studies of the insect nervous system

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-32

  Tolbert, Leslie P ^b   Sun, Xue Jun ^a,b   Hildebrand, John G ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennal lobe; Electron microscopy; Fluorescence microscopy; Intracellular injection; Laser scanning confocal microscopy; Manduca sexta

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INSECT; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030597008     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)00017-9     Document Type: Article

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