Optical Histology: A Method to Visualize Microvasculature in Thick Tissue Sections of Mouse Brain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Moy, Austin J ^a,b   Wiersma, Matthew P ^a,b   Choi, Bernard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE QUALITY; LIPOPHILICITY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL CLEARING; OPTICS; STAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CARBOCYANINES; FIXATIVES; FLUORESCENT DYES; FORMALDEHYDE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTOMY; MICROVESSELS; POLYMERS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84872777899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053753     Document Type: Article

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