Abstract
We present cleared-tissue axially swept light-sheet microscopy (ctASLM), which enables isotropic, subcellular resolution imaging with high optical sectioning capability and a large field of view over a broad range of immersion media. ctASLM can image live, expanded, and both aqueous and non-aqueous chemically cleared tissue preparations. Depending on the optical configuration, ctASLM provides up to 260 nm of axial resolution, a three to tenfold improvement over confocal and other reported cleared-tissue light-sheet microscopes. We imaged millimeter-scale cleared tissues with subcellular three-dimensional resolution, which enabled automated detection of multicellular tissue architectures, individual cells, synaptic spines and rare cell–cell interactions.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1109-1113 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Nature methods |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1 2019 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biotechnology
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology