Combining laser scanning confocal microscopy and electron microscopy to determine sites of synaptic contact between two identified neurons

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 175-181

  Cabirol Pol, Marie Jeanne ^a   Mizrahi, Adi ^a   Simmers, John ^a   Meyrand, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Double labelling; Electron microscopy; Horseradish peroxidase; Lucifer Yellow; Rhodamine

Indexed keywords

LUCIFER YELLOW;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LASER MICROSCOPY; LOBSTER; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOQUINOLINES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MICROTOMY; NEPHROPIDAE; NEURONS; RHODAMINES; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0034655365     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(00)00184-9     Document Type: Article

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