Confocal microscopy in large insect brains: Zinc-formaldehyde fixation improves synapsin immunostaining and preservation of morphology in whole-mounts

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 220-230

  Ott, Swidbert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain atlas; Confocal microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Insect brain; Neuroanatomy; Standard brain; Synapsin

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; FORMALDEHYDE; SYNAPSIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAIN; CELL SHAPE; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; GRASSHOPPERS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSHROOM BODIES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SEROTONIN; STAINING AND LABELING; SYNAPSES; SYNAPSINS; TISSUE FIXATION; ZINC;

EID: 46249084618     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.04.031     Document Type: Article

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