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Specimen Preparation, Imaging, and Analysis Protocols for Knife-edge Scanning Microscopy
JoVE Journal
Bioengineering
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JoVE Journal Bioengineering
Specimen Preparation, Imaging, and Analysis Protocols for Knife-edge Scanning Microscopy
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10:25 min

December 09, 2011

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Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 01:27Specimen Preparation: Golgi-Cox Method
  • 03:20Specimen Preparation: Nissl Method
  • 04:39Specimen Preparation: India Ink Method
  • 05:37KESM Setup and Imaging
  • 06:38Image Processing, Data Visualization and Analysis
  • 08:12Representative Results of KESM
  • 10:00Conclusion

Summary

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The full process from brain specimen preparation to serial sectioning imaging using the Knife-Edge Scanning Microscope, to data visualization and analysis is described. This technique is currently used to acquire mouse brain data, but it is applicable to other organs, other species.

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