EasyIndex

Whole mouse brain before delipidation, after delipidation, and after optical clearing including refractive index matching

Refractive index matching, simplified

Delipidation and refractive index (RI) -matching allow light to pass unhindered through the sample during microscopy. In effect, tissue clearing refers to the combined process of delipidation and optical clearing via index matching.

Delipidated tissues will appear translucent, while cleared and RI-matched tissues will appear transparent. Our preformulated EasyIndex solution prepares samples for sharp, informative volumetric imaging with light sheet microscopes like SmartSPIM and MegaSPIM.

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EasyIndex bottle

Optically clear intact tissues and sections

The 500-mL EasyIndex bottle can be used for up to 12 whole mouse brains or similarly sized intact samples, or ~200 1 mm-thick sections. We provide RI = 1.52 standard solutions with RI = 1.46 solution available on request.

EasyIndex is ideal for index-matching multiple tissue types, immunolabeled tissues, and specimens cleared with aqueous methods like SHIELD or CLARITY.

Recent publications citing EasyIndex

A Light sheet fluorescence microscopy and machine learning-based approach to investigate drug and biomarker distribution in whole organs and tumors

Niyanta Kumar, Petr Hrobar, Martin Vagenknecht, Jindrich Soukup, Nadia Patterson, Peter Bloomingdale, Tomoko Freshwater, Sophia Bardehle, Roman Peter, Ruban Mangadu, Cinthia V Pastuskovas, Chiswili Yves Chabu, Mark T. Cancilla

Journal:
bioRxiv
Publication Date:
Research Area:
Neurodegeneration, Cancer, Vasculature, Methods
Tissue Species:
Mouse
Tissue Type:
Brain, Tumor
Products Cited:
SHIELD, EasyIndex, SmartClear, SmartLabel, SmartSPIM, SmartAnalytics, CRO Services
Developmental Mouse Brain Common Coordinate Framework

Fae A. Kronman, Josephine K. Liwang, Rebecca Betty, Daniel J. Vanselow, Yuan-ting Wu, Nicholas J. Tustison, Ashwin Bhandiwad, Steffy B. Manjila, Jennifer A. Minteer, Donghui Shin, Choong Heon Lee, Rohan Patil, Jeffrey T. Duda, Luis Puelles, James C. Gee, Jiangyang Zhang, Lydia Ng, Yongsoo Kim

Journal:
bioRxiv
Publication Date:
Research Area:
Methods, Other
Tissue Species:
Mouse
Tissue Type:
Brain
Products Cited:
SHIELD, EasyIndex, SmartClear, SmartLabel, Passive Clearing Kit, SmartSPIM
Drugs of abuse hijack a mesolimbic pathway that processes homeostatic need

Bowen Tan, Caleb J. Browne, Tobias Nöbauer, Alipasha Vaziri, Jeffrey M. Friedman, Eric J. Nestler

Journal:
bioRxiv
Publication Date:
Research Area:
Neural Circuits
Tissue Species:
Mouse
Tissue Type:
Brain
Products Cited:
SHIELD, EasyIndex, SmartBatch+, SmartSPIM, CRO Services

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