Optimization of CLARITY for clearing whole-brain and other intact organs

eNeuro

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Epp, Jonathan R ^a,b,c   Niibori, Yosuke ^a,b,c   Hsiang, Hwa Lin Liz ^a,b,c   Mercaldo, Valentina ^a,b,c   Deisseroth, Karl ^d   Josselyn, Sheena A ^a,b,c   Frankland, Paul W ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D imaging; CLARITY; Light sheet microscopy; Neuron morphology; Tissue clearing; Whole brain imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994750669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23732822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0022-15.2015     Document Type: Article

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