Quantitative chemical analysis of ocular melanosomes in stained and non-stained tissues

Micron

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 461-470

  Biesemeier, Antje ^a,b   Schraermeyer, Ulrich ^b   Eibl, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analytical electron microscopy; Chemical composition; Combined energy dispersive X ray microanalysis and electron energy loss spectroscopy; Melanin type; Melanosomes; Rat; Sepia

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBINED ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY MICROANALYSIS AND ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; MELANIN TYPE; MELANOSOMES; SEPIA;

ALDEHYDES; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CYTOLOGY; DEGRADATION; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HISTOLOGY; MEASUREMENT THEORY; METABOLISM; METAL ANALYSIS; MICROANALYSIS; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN; PHYSIOLOGY; RATS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TISSUE; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAYS; ZINC;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHOROID; CUTTLEFISH; ENERGY FILTERED TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVALUATION; LONG EVANS RAT; MELANOSOME; METHODOLOGY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RAT; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CHOROID; MELANOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ENERGY-FILTERING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; SEPIA; STAINING AND LABELING;

INSECTIVORA; RATTUS; SEPIA; SEPIIDAE;

EID: 79952626440     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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