Potential and limitations of X-Ray micro-computed tomography in arthropod neuroanatomy: A methodological and comparative survey

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 523, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1281-1295

  Sombke, Andy ^a   Lipke, Elisabeth ^a   Michalik, Peter ^a   Uhl, Gabriele ^a   Harzsch, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D visualization; Antennal lobe; Critical point drying; Drosophila; Leica EM CPD300; Micro CT; Myriapoda; Nervous system; Noninvasive imaging; Xradia MicroXCT 200

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRAIN REGION; CELL LABELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGING SOFTWARE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; X RAY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; IMAGE PROCESSING; ORGAN SIZE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BRAIN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ORGAN SIZE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84926420152     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23741     Document Type: Article

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