Livet, Jean (2021). CIL:40984, Mus musculus, neuron. In Cell Image Library. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6075/J06W98ZJ

Montage image of a brain stem from a Brainbow transgenic mouse. In Brainbow mice, neurons randomly choose combinations of red, yellow and cyan fluorescent proteins, so that they each glow a particular color. This provides a way to distinguish neighboring neurons and visualize brain circuits. These are large caliber axons of the auditory pathway. First Prize, 2007 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition.


For additional details see: Livet J, Weissman TA, Kang H, Draft RW, Lu J, Bennis RA, Sanes JR, Lichtman JW.
Nature. 2007 Nov 1;450(7166):56-62.

• 2021

• Livet, Jean

Preparation: formaldehyde fixed tissue
Relation to intact cell: sectioned tissue
Item type: recorded image
Imaging mode: confocal microscopy
Parameter imaged: fluorescence emission
Source of contrast: distribution of a specific protein
Visualization methods: Yellow fluorescent proteins from Aequorea; Cyan fluorescent proteins from Aequorea; Red fluorescent proteins from Anthozoa

• Cell Image Library Group ID: 14602

• Mus musculus

• Brain stem
• Neuron
• Neuron projection

• Neuron projection morphogenesis

• data
• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

Samplenumber: 40984

Doi: https://doi.org/10.6075/J06W98ZJ

Source data

• Source Record in the Cell Image Library: https://doi.org/10.7295/W9CIL40984

Other resource

• 2007 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®: https://www.olympus-lifescience.com/en/bioscapes/years/

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