Optimized tools for multicolor stochastic labeling reveal diverse stereotyped cell arrangements in the fly visual system

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 22, 2015, Pages E2967-E2976

  Nern, Aljoscha ^a   Pfeiffer, Barret D ^a   Rubin, Gerald M ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Interneuron diversity; Light microscopy; Neuroanatomy; Recombinase

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL ARRANGEMENT; CELL BODY; CELL LABELING; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE; DISTAL MEDULLA; DROSOPHILA; GENE CASSETTE; INTERNEURON; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSCOPY; MULTICOLOR FLPOUT APPROACH; MULTICOLOR STOCHASTIC LABELING; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COMPOUND EYE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STAINING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COMPOUND EYE, ARTHROPOD; DROSOPHILA; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84930958556     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1506763112     Document Type: Article

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