Application of photoconversion technique for correlated confocal and ultrastructural studies in organotypic slice cultures

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 90-96

  Nikonenko, Irina ^a,b   Boda, Bernadett ^a   Alberi, Stefano ^a   Muller, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Axons; Dendritic spines; DiI; Electron microscopy; Lucifer Yellow

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

AXON; DENDRITIC SPINE; DII; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENT STAINING; LUCIFER YELLOWS; ORGANOTYPIC HIPPOCAMPAL SLICE CULTURES; PHOTOCONVERSION; SLICE CULTURES; ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDY;

NEURONS;

DIAMINOBENZIDINE; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27644524526     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20239     Document Type: Article

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