Intravital microscopy: A practical guide on imaging intracellular structures in live animals

BioArchitecture

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 143-157

  Masedunskas, Andrius ^a,b   Milberg, Oleg ^a,c,d   Porat Shliom, Natalie ^a   Sramkova, Monika ^a   Wigand, Tim ^a   Amornphimoltham, Panomwat ^a   Weigert, Roberto ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL KINETICS; CELL LABELING; CELL MIGRATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVITAL MICROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOREGULATION; ANIMAL; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALIA;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ANIMALS; MICROSCOPY; ORGANELLES;

EID: 84876238994     PISSN: 19490992     EISSN: 1949100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/bioa.21758     Document Type: Article

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