Clearing pigmented insect cuticle to investigate small insects' organs in situ using confocal laser-scanning microscopy (CLSM)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 175-181

  Smolla, Marco ^a,c,d   Ruchty, Markus ^b   Nagel, Manuel ^a,c   Kleineidam, Christoph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Leica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bleaching pigments; Hydrogen peroxide; Immunocytochemistry; Insect anatomy; Serotonin; Transparent cuticle

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING PIGMENTS; HYDROGEN-PEROXIDE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INSECT ANATOMY; SEROTONIN; TRANSPARENT CUTICLE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BODY SIZE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

EID: 84894448362     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: 18735495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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