Title |
Whole Brain Imaging with Serial Two-Photon Tomography
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Published in |
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, March 2016
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DOI | 10.3389/fnana.2016.00031 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Stephen P. Amato, Feng Pan, Joel Schwartz, Timothy M. Ragan |
Abstract |
Imaging entire mouse brains at submicron resolution has historically been a challenging undertaking and largely confined to the province of dedicated atlasing initiatives. This has limited systematic investigations into important areas of neuroscience, such as neural circuits, brain mapping and neurodegeneration. In this article, we describe in detail Serial Two-Photon (STP) tomography, a robust, reliable method for imaging entire brains with histological detail. We provide examples of how the basic methodology can be extended to other imaging modalities, such as Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), in order to provide unique contrast mechanisms. Furthermore, we provide a survey of the research that STP tomography has enabled in the field of neuroscience, provide examples of how this technology enables quantitative whole brain studies, and discuss the current limitations of STP tomography-based approaches. |
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