Microscope Visualization
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Microscopic Visualization of Bacterial Microlesions in Mouse Heart Tissue
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2026
Source: Brown, A. O., et al. Visualization of Streptococcus pneumoniae within Cardiac Microlesions and Subsequent Cardiac Remodeling. J. Vis. Exp. (2015).This video demonstrates the microscopic visualization of bacterial microlesions in mouse heart tissue. The heart of a mouse infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae is harvested, washed, and fixed before being processed to obtain coronal sections. These sections are stained with hematoxylin and eosin and examined under a microscope to visualize...
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Visual and Microscopic Evaluation of Streptomyces Developmental Mutants
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2018
Here we present protocols for novice researchers to initiate phenotyping for the pharmacologically important bacterial genus Streptomyces.
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Microscopic Visualization of Porous Nanographenes Synthesized through a Combination of Solution and On-Surface Chemistry
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2021
A combination of solution and surface assisted synthesis opens new directions in the atomically precise synthesis of nanostructures. Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) supplemented by non-contact atomic force microscopy (nc-AFM) enables detailed characterization of newly designed and generated carbon-based nano-objects.
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Xylem Water Distribution in Woody Plants Visualized with a Cryo-scanning Electron Microscope
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2019
Observing the water distribution within the xylem provides significant information regarding water flow dynamics in woody plants. In this study, we demonstrate the practical approach to observe xylem water distribution in situ by using a cryostat and cryo-SEM, which eliminates artifactual changes in the water status during sample preparation.
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Major Components of the Light Microscope
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2008
The light microscope is a basic tool for the cell biologist, who should have a thorough understanding of how it works, how it should be aligned for different applications, and how it should be maintained as required to obtain maximum image-forming capacity and resolution. The components of the microscope are described in detail here.
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Microscope images can arise from signals that pass through a sample, return from its surfaces, or come from fluorescently labeled components. These signal pathways provide different ways to distinguish structures within neural tissue. Selecting the available signal type helps investigators examine cellular organization, neuronal form, synaptic connections, or neuron-glia relationships.
Optical sectioning isolates details from particular depths within a complex sample rather than treating the entire tissue as one undifferentiated image. This separation helps investigators examine structures that overlap spatially, making neuronal morphology, synaptic arrangements, and interactions between neurons and glial cells easier to study within organized tissue.
Optical approaches form images by directing light onto a sample and collecting transmitted, reflected, or fluorescence-related signals. Electron-based approaches instead direct electrons onto the sample and collect the resulting signal. This distinction changes the physical basis of image formation and determines which signal pathway investigators use to visualize microscopic structures.
Fluorescently labeled components provide signals that can be collected separately from other material in a sample. In neuroscience, this makes labeled cellular features available for visualization within tissue, supporting examination of neuronal morphology, synaptic connections, and neuron-glia interactions. The approach is especially useful when identifying specific structures within complex cellular organization.
Microscopy supports investigations across several levels of neuroscience, from the shape and organization of individual neurons to synaptic connections and relationships between neurons and glial cells. Researchers can apply these observations to brain development, circuit organization, disease mechanisms, and responses to experimental treatments, linking visible cellular patterns with broader biological questions.
Quantitative image analysis converts microscope observations into measurements that can be compared across samples or experimental conditions. Rather than relying only on visual inspection, investigators can use image-derived information to evaluate cellular organization, neuronal morphology, synaptic connections, or tissue responses. This strengthens studies of development, circuits, disease mechanisms, and treatments.