2023
Methods of enhanced FIB-SEM sample preparation and image acquisition
Pang S, Xu C. Methods of enhanced FIB-SEM sample preparation and image acquisition. Methods In Cell Biology 2023, 177: 269-300. PMID: 37451770, DOI: 10.1016/bs.mcb.2023.01.019.Chapters
2019
Gas cluster ion beam SEM for imaging of large tissue samples with 10 nm isotropic resolution
Hayworth K, Peale D, Januszewski M, Knott G, Lu Z, Xu C, Hess H. Gas cluster ion beam SEM for imaging of large tissue samples with 10 nm isotropic resolution. Nature Methods 2019, 17: 68-71. PMID: 31740820, DOI: 10.1038/s41592-019-0641-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBrainCerebral CortexDrosophila melanogasterImage Processing, Computer-AssistedImaging, Three-DimensionalMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningTissue FixationConceptsIon beam scanning electron microscopyBeam scanning electron microscopyScanning electron microscopyThree-dimensional electron microscopy techniquesElectron microscopy techniquesIon millingIsotropic resolutionMicroscopy techniquesElectron microscopyThick tissue sectionsResolutionLarge tissue samplesMicroscopyMillingSectionsCortical column and whole-brain imaging with molecular contrast and nanoscale resolution
Gao R, Asano SM, Upadhyayula S, Pisarev I, Milkie DE, Liu TL, Singh V, Graves A, Huynh GH, Zhao Y, Bogovic J, Colonell J, Ott CM, Zugates C, Tappan S, Rodriguez A, Mosaliganti KR, Sheu SH, Pasolli HA, Pang S, Xu CS, Megason SG, Hess H, Lippincott-Schwartz J, Hantman A, Rubin GM, Kirchhausen T, Saalfeld S, Aso Y, Boyden ES, Betzig E. Cortical column and whole-brain imaging with molecular contrast and nanoscale resolution. Science 2019, 363 PMID: 30655415, PMCID: PMC6481610, DOI: 10.1126/science.aau8302.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDopaminergic neuronsDendritic spinesMouse cortexPresynaptic densitySynaptic proteinsBrain regionsLarge-scale studiesCortical columnsLattice light-sheet microscopyNeural activityNeural developmentSpecific molecular constituentsBrainLight-sheet microscopyDegree of stereotypyNanoscale spatial relationshipExpansion microscopyComparisons between the ON- and OFF-edge motion pathways in the Drosophila brain
Shinomiya K, Huang G, Lu Z, Parag T, Xu CS, Aniceto R, Ansari N, Cheatham N, Lauchie S, Neace E, Ogundeyi O, Ordish C, Peel D, Shinomiya A, Smith C, Takemura S, Talebi I, Rivlin PK, Nern A, Scheffer LK, Plaza SM, Meinertzhagen IA. Comparisons between the ON- and OFF-edge motion pathways in the Drosophila brain. ELife 2019, 8: e40025. PMID: 30624205, PMCID: PMC6338461, DOI: 10.7554/elife.40025.Peer-Reviewed Original Research