Long-term two-photon fluorescence imaging of mammalian embryos without compromising viability

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 763-767

  Squirrell, Jayne M ^a   Wokosin, David L ^a   White, John G ^a   Bavister, Barry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo; Hamster; Laser scanning confocal microscopy; Live cell fluorescence imaging; Mammal; Mitochondrial dynamics; Two photon microscopy

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL VIABILITY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HAMSTER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MESOCRICETUS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032820395     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/11698     Document Type: Article

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