Correlative electron and confocal microscopy assessment of synapse localization in the central nervous system of an insect

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-70

  Hohensee, Svea ^a   Bleiss, Wilfrid ^b   Duch, Carsten ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Electron microscopy; Insect; Motoneuron; Synapse; Synapsin I; Vesicle

Indexed keywords

SYNAPSIN I;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INSECT; LASER MICROSCOPY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENDRITES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MANDUCA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEURONS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPSINS;

EID: 38049055326     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.09.018     Document Type: Article

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