## Abstract A study was undertaken to examine, by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), the kidney glomeruli of control mice 1 mo, 10 mo, and 24 mo of age, as well as dietarily restricted mice 10 mo and 24 mo of age. One month old female C57BL/6J mice were offered one of the following: (1) a control
The effects of preparative procedures for scanning electron microscopy on the size of isolated lymphocytes
β Scribed by Schneider, Gary B.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 612 KB
- Volume
- 146
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9106
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
The diameter of lymphocytes, isolated from a sample of peripheral blood by FicollβHypaque sedimentation, was determined after eight different steps in the preparative procedure for scanning electron microscopy (SEM). There was a 43% total reduction in mean cellular diameter of the lymphocytes studied, the diameter dropping from 8.4 ΞΌm prior to fixation, to a final diameter of 4.8 ΞΌm in the cells examined under the scanning electron microscope. The bulk of this shrinkage occurred during criticalβpoint drying. In view of this finding, caution should be exercised in describing detailed cell surface morphology by SEM when similar preparative procedures are employed.
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