Improved biocytin labeling and neuronal 3D reconstruction

Nature Protocols

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 394-407

  Marx, Manuel ^a   Günter, Robert H ^a   Hucko, Werner ^a   Radnikow, Gabriele ^a   Feldmeyer, Dirk ^a,b,c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Jülich Aachen Research Alliance Section Fundamentals of Future Information Technology JARA FIT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DIAMINOBENZIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEHYDRATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBEDDING; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LYSINE; MICE; MICROTOMY; NEURONS; OSMIUM TETROXIDE; RATS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84861723161     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2011.449     Document Type: Review

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