X-ray fluorescence microscopy of olfactory receptor neurons

Abstract

We report a X-ray fluorescence microscopy study of cells and tissues from the olfactory system of Xenopus laevis. In this experiment we focus on sample preparation and experimental issues, and present first results of fluorescence maps of the elemental distribution of Cl, K, Ca, P, S and Na both in individual isolated neural cells and in cross-sections of the same tissue. © 2009 IOP Publishing Ltd.