Imaging liver biology in vivo using conventional confocal microscopy

Nature Protocols

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 258-268

  Marques, Pedro E ^a   Antunes, Maísa M ^a   David, Bruna A ^a   Pereira, Rafaela V ^a   Teixeira, Mauro M ^a   Menezes, Gustavo B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL INTRAVITAL MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMMUNITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LIVER METABOLISM; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOLOGY; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC USE; GENETICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; STAINING; SURGERY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; ANTIBODY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDOLES; LIVER; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SOFTWARE; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84925934462     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2015.006     Document Type: Article

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