Serial block-face scanning electron microscopy to reconstruct three-dimensional tissue nanostructure

PLoS Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Denk, Winfried ^a   Horstmann, Heinz ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE PREPARATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

NANOMATERIAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRONS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOSTRUCTURES; NERVE NET; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 14044262855     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020329     Document Type: Article

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