Chemical clearing and dehydration of GFP expressing mouse brains

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Becker, Klaus ^a,b   Jährling, Nina ^a,b,c   Saghafi, Saiedeh ^a,b   Weiler, Reto ^c   Dodt, Hans Ulrich ^a,b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BENZYL BENZOATE; BENZYL ETHER; ETHER DERIVATIVE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHENYLMETHOXYMETHYLBENZENE; TETRAHYDROFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CHEMICAL TISSUE CLEARING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCREENING TEST; SPINAL CORD; STAINING; TISSUE DEHYDRATION; TISSUE PREPARATION; ULTRAMICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DEHYDRATION; FURANS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHENYL ETHERS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 84859132261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033916     Document Type: Article

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