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.
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