Confocal Microscopy: Viewing Cells As """"Wild Animals""""

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Leica Inc.
111 Deer Lake Rd.
Deerfield, Ill. 60015
(800) 248-0123
Fax: (708) 405-0147

Meridian Instruments Inc.
2310 Science Pkwy.
Okemos, Mich. 48864
(800) 247-8084
Fax: (517) 349-5967

Molecular Probes Inc.
4849 Pitchford Ave.
Eugene, Ore. 97402
(503) 465-8300
Fax: (503) 344-6504

Molecular Dynamics Inc.
880 E. Arques Ave.
Sunnyvale, Calif. 94086
(800) 333-5703
Fax: (408) 773-8343

Nikon Inc.
1300 Walt Whitman Rd.
Melville, N.Y. 11747
(516) 547-8570
Fax: (516) 547-0307

Noran Instruments Inc.
2551 W. Beltline Hwy.
Middleton, Wis. 53562
(608) 831-3883
Fax: (608) 836-7224

Olympus Corp.
4 Nevada Dr.
Lake Success, N.Y. 11042
(800) 446-5767

Carl Zeiss Inc.
One Zeiss Dr.
Thornwood, N.Y. 10594
(800) 233-2343
Fax: (914) 681-7446

Especially for scientists who image living cells--neurobiologists investigating the actions of neurons, for example--these advances dramatically extend the confocal microscope's usefulness, which has grown steadily since the introduction of the device into labs in the mid-1980s.

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