Confocal laser scanning microscopy of retinal rod outer segment intact disks: New labeling technique

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Ravera, Silvia ^a   Calzia, Daniela ^a   Bianchini, Paolo ^a   Diaspro, Alberto ^a,b   Panfoli, Isabella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Disks; Phototransduction; Rod outer segment

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOLOGY; PROTEINS; SCANNING;

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; NEURONAL SIGNALS; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; ROD OUTER SEGMENT;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

BOVINAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; CATTLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; RETINA ROD; STAINING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RODS (RETINA); STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 38449122534     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2790919     Document Type: Article

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