Live Imaging of Schwann Cell Development in Zebrafish

Rebecca L Cunningham; Kelly R Monk

doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-7649-2_27

Live Imaging of Schwann Cell Development in Zebrafish

Methods Mol Biol. 2018:1739:401-405. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7649-2_27.

Authors

Rebecca L Cunningham¹, Kelly R Monk^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
² Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA. monk@ohsu.edu.
³ Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA. monk@ohsu.edu.

PMID: 29546723
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7649-2_27

Abstract

The optical transparency of zebrafish larvae enables live imaging. Here we describe the methodology for live imaging and detail how to mount larvae for live imaging of Schwann cell development.

Keywords: Confocal microscopy; Live imaging; Mounting; Transgenes.

MeSH terms

Animals
Larva / cytology
Microscopy, Confocal / methods*
Schwann Cells / cytology*
Zebrafish