Materials
Name | Type | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
Rhodamine B ishothiocyanate-Dextran | Sigma-Aldrich | R9379 | prepare stock at 20 mg/ml | |
Two-photon microscope | Prairie Technologies Inc. | Prairie Ultima X-Y | ||
Ti:Sapphire laser | Coherent, Inc. | Chameleon Ultra Family | ||
20x/1.00 NA immersion objective | Olympus Inc. | XLUMPLFLN 20XW | ||
Holder (Filters/Dichroic) | Chroma Technology Corp. | 91018 BX2 (U-MF2) | ||
525 nm/50 filter | Chroma Technology Corp. | ET525/50m | ||
595 nm/50 filter | Chroma Technology Corp. | ET595/50m | ||
565 nm dichroic | Chroma Technology Corp. | 565dcxr | ||
Imaris software | Bitplane AG Inc. | Imaris | ||
Volocity | PerkinElmer Inc. | Volocity | ||
ImageJ | NIH, USA | ImageJ |
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