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18552430

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 4
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-6-16
pubmed:abstractText
An application of X-ray microtomography to the Drosophila adult brain stained with colloidal gold and a platinum compound is described. The transparency of biological tissue to hard X-rays enables tomographic visualization of the three-dimensional structure of tissue entrails. Each high-Z element was visualized as a three-dimensional structure from the difference absorption coefficient image at the corresponding L(III) absorption edge. The cortex of the optic lobe was selectively visualized by the specific adsorption of colloidal gold. The entire structure revealed by the platinum impregnation allowed the anatomical assignment of the gold-stained structures. Selective staining and specific visualization of biological tissues at micrometer resolution should elucidate the three-dimensional cellular organization essential for the understanding and application of biological microstructures.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0909-0495
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
374-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Element-specific microtomographic imaging of Drosophila brain stained with high-Z probes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Applied Biochemistry, School of Engineering, Tokai University, Kitakaname 1117, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan. ryuta@keyaki.cc.u-tokai.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article