Cautionary observations on preparing and interpreting brain images using molecular biology-based staining techniques

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 170-186

  Ito, Kei ^a,b,c   Okada, Ryuichi ^a,b,c   Tanaka, Nobuaki K ^a,b,d   Awasaki, Takeshi ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Drosophila; Enhancer trap; GAL4; Neural circuit; Staining

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHEMICAL DETECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; TIMING CIRCUITS; VISUALIZATION;

BRAIN IMAGES; DROSOPHILLA; ENHANCER TRAP; GAL4; IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LABELED CELLS; NEURAL CIRCUITS; STAINING; STAINING TECHNIQUES; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE;

FLUORESCENCE;

ALGORITHM; CELL FUNCTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0042338740     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10369     Document Type: Review

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