Oxygen-enriched photoconversion of fluorescent dyes by means of a closed conversion chamber

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 225-232

  Kacza, Johannes ^a   Härtig, Wolfgang ^a   Seeger, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

4Di 10ASP; Closed conversion chamber; Cy3; Electron microscopy; Fluorescent dyes; Oxygen enriched photoconversion

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

ANIMALS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENT DYES; LECTINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OPTIC NERVE; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; RATS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0343307108     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)00150-1     Document Type: Article

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