Mapping synapses by conjugate light-electron array tomography

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 5792-5807

  Collman, Forrest ^a,c   Buchanan, JoAnn ^a   Phend, Kristen D ^b   Micheva, Kristina D ^a   Weinberg, Richard J ^b   Smith, Stephen J ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlative microscopy; Electron microscopy; Immunofluorescence; Synapses; Synaptic diversity

Indexed keywords

POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONJUGATE ARRAY TOMOGRAPHY; DENDRITE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; DENDRITES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULES; NEOCORTEX; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; SYNAPSES; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84929359415     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4274-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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