title: Stereoscopic and biplanar microphotography of Golgi-impregnated neurons: a correlative study using conventional and real-time, direct-image confocal microscopies.
abstract: A correlative study of neuronal reconstruction methods was made using both conventional (non-confocal) and real-time confocal microscopies. Simple and sophisticated (totally automated) methods are described for making both biplanar microphotographs using conventional transmitted light, and stereoscopic microphotographs using real-time confocal microscopy of Golgi-impregnated neurons. Confocal microscopy discriminates against out-of-focus layers to produce optical sections which can be summed on photographic film to obtain neuronal reconstructions. Biplanar images are obtained by fusion, using a stereo-viewer, of two adjacent optical sections obtained with a conventional transmitted light microscope. Stereoscopic and biplanar microphotographs of 3-day-old chick neurons are presented.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002645:Chickens; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D009474:Neurons / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010784:Photomicrography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D016610:Tissue Embedding