Publisher Summary This chapter discuses autoradiography and describes the application of
the autoradiography technique in determining the site and the amount of radioactive …

The elements of the theory of autoradiography can be deduced from the simple scheme (Fig.
1) of the technique. A certain amount of radioactive material is deposited in a specimen …

The autoradiographic methods used in biological and medical research are reviewed from
an historical viewpoint. It is pointed out that early methodological research was directed at …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes methods for autoradiography, using light or
electron microscopy, which gives sufficient resolution for studies at the intracellular level. It …

Publisher Summary This chapter highlights quantitative autoradiography. Autoradiography
is considered one of the most useful methods for studying in situ biochemical reactions on …

Publisher Summary Significant observations concerning cellular activities were made soon
after autoradiography was introduced as a cytochemical tool, autoradiography in its infancy …

A description is given of improved techniques for autoradiography on the cellular level in
which the main aim is the prevention of loss or migration of water-soluble radioactive tissue …

Physical Techniques in Biological Research, Second Edition, Volume III, Part B:
Autoradiography at the Cellular Level focuses on high resolution autoradiography with …

Although the first pictures combining autoradiography and electron microscopy were
published in 1956, by Liquier-Milward, it was not until 1961 that the methodology was firmly …

$1. INTRODUCTION THE advantages offered by x-track autoradiography have not been
widely utilized in biology and medicine, probably because of the limited int, erest of the …