Cryo-SEM and subsequent TEM examinations of identical neural tissue specimen

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 100-106

  Nakatomi, Reiko ^a   Hayashida, Tsuyako ^a   Fujimoto, Kazushi ^a,b   Tohyama, Koujiro ^a,c   Hashikawa, Tsutomu ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryo SEM; Freeze fracture; Freeze substitution; TEM

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GLIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; STEREOLOGY; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 13844267355     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresprot.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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