Iodine-enhanced micro-CT imaging: Methodological refinements for the study of the soft-tissue anatomy of post-embryonic vertebrates

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 322, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 166-176

  Gignac, Paul M ^a,b   Kley, Nathan J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODIDE; IODINE; LUGOL'S SOLUTION;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; CROCODILIAN; HEAD; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; STAINING;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DROMAIIDAE; HEAD; IODIDES; IODINE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; STAINING AND LABELING; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84897964015     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22561     Document Type: Article

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