Multiscale imaging of neurons grown in culture: From light microscopy to cryo-electron tomography

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 146-156

  Lučić, Vladan ^a   Kossel, Albrecht H ^b   Yang, Ting ^a   Bonhoeffer, Tobias ^b   Baumeister, Wolfgang ^a   Sartori, Anna ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Correlative microscopy; Cryo electron tomography; Endocytosis; Neuronal cultures; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYOELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; IRRADIATION; MICROSCOPE IMAGE; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNAPSE; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCYTOSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENT DYES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 35148886810     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2007.08.014     Document Type: Article

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