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  • Editor: Gregory W. Faris
  • Vol. 4, Iss. 10 — Oct. 2, 2009

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Estimation of the effective orientation of the SHG source in primary cortical neurons

Sotiris Psilodimitrakopoulos, Valerie Petegnief, Guadalupe Soria, Ivan Amat-Roldan, David Artigas, Anna M. Planas, and Pablo Loza-Alvarez  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 16, pp. 14418-14425 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.014418


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Abstract

In this paper we provide, for the first time to our knowledge, the effective orientation of the SHG source in cultured cortical neuronal processes in vitro. This is done by the use of the polarization sensitive second harmonic generation (PSHG) imaging microscopy technique. By performing a pixel-level resolution analysis we found that the SHG dipole source has a distribution of angles centered at θe =33.96°, with a bandwidth of Δθe = 12.85°. This orientation can be related with the molecular geometry of the tubulin heterodimmer contained in microtubules.

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OCIS Codes
(170.3880) Medical optics and biotechnology : Medical and biological imaging
(180.5810) Microscopy : Scanning microscopy
(190.1900) Nonlinear optics : Diagnostic applications of nonlinear optics
(190.2620) Nonlinear optics : Harmonic generation and mixing
(180.4315) Microscopy : Nonlinear microscopy
(110.5405) Imaging systems : Polarimetric imaging
(170.6935) Medical optics and biotechnology : Tissue characterization

ToC Category:
Medical Optics and Biotechnology

History
Original Manuscript: June 18, 2009
Revised Manuscript: July 22, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: July 27, 2009
Published: July 31, 2009

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Vol. 4, Iss. 10 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics

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Sotiris Psilodimitrakopoulos, Valerie Petegnief, Guadalupe Soria, Ivan Amat-Roldan, David Artigas, Anna M. Planas, and Pablo Loza-Alvarez, "Estimation of the effective orientation of the SHG source in primary cortical neurons," Opt. Express 17, 14418-14425 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/vjbo/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-16-14418


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