ArticleMethods in molecular medicine2007
Analysis of microtubule dynamics by polarized light.
Article in Methods in molecular medicine, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Birefringence Changes of Dendrites in Mouse Hippocampal Slices Revealed with Polarizing Microscopy.Biophysical journal · 2020Article
- Measuring microtubule polarity in spindles with second-harmonic generation.Biophysical journal · 2014Article
- Polarized light imaging of birefringence and diattenuation at high resolution and high sensitivity.Journal of optics (2010) · 2013Article
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Abstract
In this article, the author describes the needed instrumentation and the methods to be followed for the observation and measurement of the birefringence of single and bundled microtubules and of their ordered arrays using a polarizing microscope. As instruments, the traditional polarizing microscope and the recently developed LC-PolScope are discussed. As methods, we describe qualitative and quantitative observations, including notes on specimen preparations, which optimize the sensitivity and accuracy of measuring specimen retardance.
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