Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6266989 | Current Opinion in Neurobiology | 2012 | 7 Pages |
The rapid accumulation of neuroproteomics data in recent years has prompted the emergence of novel antibody-based imaging methods that aim to understand the anatomical and functional context of the multitude of identified proteins. The pioneering field of ultrastructural multiplexed proteomic imaging now includes a number of high resolution methods, such as array tomography, stimulated emission depletion microscopy, stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy and automated transmission electron microscopy, which allow a detailed molecular characterization of individual synapses and subsynaptic structures within brain tissues for the first time. While all of these methods still face considerable limitations, a combined complementary approach building on the respective strengths of each method is possible and will enable fascinating research into the proteomic diversity of the nervous system.
⺠Recent advances in neuroproteomics have prompted the emergence of novel antibody-based multiplexed imaging methods. ⺠These methods are now beginning to offer a glimpse into the great proteomic diversity of synapses. ⺠A combination of these methods can allow a future comprehensive proteomic imaging at an ultrastructural level.