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.

Tissue Clearing - Highlighted pipeline icon
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

Phosphorylation of pyruvate dehydrogenase inversely associates with neuronal activity.

Dong Yang, Yu Wang, Tianbo Qi, Xi Zhang, Leyao Shen, Jingrui Ma, Zhengyuan Pang, Neeraj K. Lal, Daniel B. McClatchy, Saba Heydari Seradj, Verina H. Leung, Kristina Wang, Yi Xie, Filip S. Polli, Anton Maximov, Oscar Christian Gonzalez, Luis de Lecea, Hollis T. Cline, Vineet Augustine, John R. Yates III, and Li Ye.

Journal:
Neuron
Publication Date:
Research Area:
Neural Circuits, Neural Interfaces
Tissue Species:
Mouse
Tissue Type:
Brain
Products Cited:
SHIELD, EasyIndex, SmartBatch+, SmartSPIM, SmartAnalytics, CRO Services
Opioid-driven disruption of the septal complex reveals a role for neurotensin-expressing neurons in withdrawal

Rhiana C. Simon, Weston T. Fleming, Pranav Senthilkumar, Brandy A. Briones1,2, Kentaro K. Ishii, Madelyn M. Hjort, Madison M. Martin, Koichi Hashikawa, Andrea D. Sanders, Sam A. Golden, Garret D. Stuber.

Journal:
bioRxiv
Publication Date:
Research Area:
Neural Circuits, Other
Tissue Species:
Mouse
Tissue Type:
Brain, Heart
Products Cited:
SHIELD, EasyIndex, SmartClear, SmartSPIM
Mapping oto-pharyngeal development in a human inner ear organoid model

Matthew R. Steinhart, Wouter H. van der Valk, Daniel Osorio, Sara A. Serdy, Jingyuan Zhang, Carl Nist-Lund, Jin Kim, Cynthia Moncada-Reid, Liang Sun, Jiyoon Lee, Karl R. Koehler

Journal:
Development
Publication Date:
Research Area:
Stem Cells
Tissue Species:
Human
Tissue Type:
Organoid
Products Cited:
SHIELD, EasyIndex

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