Which Fluorescence Microscopy Technique is Best for Me?
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Blog Post
Published
Oct. 10, 2017, 1:57 p.m.
...have allowed for real-time monitoring of neuronal activity across substantial 3D volumes.
In addition to ...Weijian, and Rafael Yuste. In vivo imaging of neural activity. Nature Methods 14.4 (2017): 349-359. PubMed PMID...due to the refractive index mismatch between the glass and the water-like buffer the sample is immersed...microscope to use for a new sample I always start by asking two questions:
1) Is the sample dynamic or static?
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2) Is the sample thin (< 15 μm) or thick?
These questions will place each sample into one of four categories...capture in these types of samples is their fast movements. Depending on the sample, a temporal resolution... fluorophores higher in the sample. TIRF is also very gentle on the sample as the majority of the laser...