Labeling of dendritic spines with the carbocyanine dye DiI for confocal microscopic imaging in lightly fixed cortical slices

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 237-243

  Kim, Byung G ^a,b   Dai, Hai Ning ^a   McAtee, Marietta ^a   Vicini, Stefano ^a   Bregman, Barbara S ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbocyanine dye; Confocal microscopy; Dendritic spine; Paraformaldehyde; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

1,1' DIOCTADECYL 3,3,3',3' TETRAMETHYLINDOCARBOCYANINE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CELL DENSITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; FEMALE; FILOPODIUM; HEART PERFUSION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CARBOCYANINES; DENDRITES; FEMALE; LASERS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTOR CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 34047152165     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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