Visualizing Blood Vessel Development in Cultured Mouse Embryos Using Lightsheet Microscopy

Abstract

Lightsheet microscopy is a form of fluorescence microscopy that can be used to visualize specimen with high resolution, a large depth-of-field, and minimal photodamage and photobleaching as compared to traditional confocal microscopy. As this technology becomes much more readily available, it will be useful in revealing new findings in the cardiovascular development field that may be hidden or difficult to image. In this manuscript, we describe an approach for mounting and culturing postimplantation mouse embryos to visualize blood vessel development with a lightsheet microscope.

Department(s)

Biology

Document Type

Article

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1480-8_11

Keywords

Angiogenesis, Blood vessel, Embryo culture, Lightsheet microscopy, Mouse, SPIM, Vasculogenesis

Publication Date

1-1-2021

Journal Title

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

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