6Microscopic Tools for Cell Imaging

Parveen Parasar1 and Vivek K. Singh2

1Henry Ford Hospital, Henry Ford Health Systems, Department of Neurology Research, 2799 West Grand Blvd, Detroit 48202, MI, USA

2Junagadh Agricultural University, Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Junagadh, Gujarat, 362001, India

6.1 Introduction

Live cell imaging has emerged as a preferred method for cell biology research and drug screening. Many cellular phenomena of interest are highly dynamic processes, and much information is lost when cells are fixed. Furthermore, fixation makes cells prone to artifacts in both localization patterns and gross morphology. With the emergence of live imaging techniques and tools, scientists now can visualize processes ...

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