Large-volume reconstruction of brain tissue from high-resolution serial section images acquired by SEM-based scanning transmission electron microscopy

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 950, Issue , 2013, Pages 253-273

  Kuwajima, Masaaki ^a   Mendenhall, John M ^a   Harris, Kristen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Hippocampus; Microwave enhanced processing; Neuropil; Perfusion; Scanning electron microscopy; Scanning transmission electron microscopy; Serial sections; Structural plasticity; Ultramicrotomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MICROTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; PERFUSION; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINING; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; MICROTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; PERFUSION; RATS; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84870522337     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-137-0_15     Document Type: Article

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