Serial section scanning electron microscopy of adult brain tissue using focused ion beam milling

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2959-2964

  Knott, Graham ^a   Marchman, Herschel ^c   Wall, David ^b   Lich, Ben ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^c Janelia Farm Research Campus ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON BEAM; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SYNAPSES;

EID: 41149120500     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3189-07.2008     Document Type: Article

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