Analysis of synaptic ultrastructure without fixative using high-pressure freezing and tomography

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3463-3474

  Rostaing, Philippe ^a   Real, Eleonore ^a   Siksou, Léa ^a   Lechaire, Jean Pierre ^b   Boudier, Thomas ^c   Boeckers, Tobias M ^d   Gertler, Frank ^e   Gundelfinger, Eckart D ^f   Triller, Antoine ^a   Marty, Serge ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Centre Universitaire   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Dendritic spines; Hippocampus; Postsynaptic density; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITIC SPINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TISSUE FIXATION; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CORTACTIN; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; RATS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SYNAPSES; TISSUE FIXATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33845657459     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05234.x     Document Type: Article

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