Imaging cleared intact biological systems at a cellular level by 3DISCO

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 89, 2014, Pages

  Ertürk, Ali ^a   Lafkas, Daniel ^b   Chalouni, Cecile ^b  

^a Neuroscience Associates   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

3D imaging; 3DISCO; Fluorescent imaging; Histology; Intact organs; Issue 89; Laser scanning; Light sheet microscopy; Neuroscience; Optical clearing; Tissue clearing; Transparent tissue; Ultramicroscope

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910056830     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51382     Document Type: Article

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