- Systems and Solutions for Biological Research
Resources and Links
Bibliography
Take advantage of our compendium of peer-reviewed articles which reference our products used in the gathering and analysis of research data.
Stereo Investigator bibliography
Selected recent publications using our products
Stereology
Where to Begin?
Here are just a few starting points to help you develop a deeper understanding of unbiased stereology.
Stereology.info Comprehensive information about use of stereology in biological research.
An Introduction to Stereology A website from the University of Liverpool.
International Stereology Society A professional society dedicated to the study and use of stereology.
Neuron Morphology
Database of Neurons
Duke / Southampton Archive of Neuronal Morphology A site facilitating the free exchange of data between groups studying neuronal morphology. Home of cvapp, a morphology viewer/editor written in java for converting between file formats and headers in order to validate contributed cells.
Simulation
NEURON is a simulation environment for developing and exercising models of neurons and networks of neurons. It is particularly well suited to problems where cable properties of cells play an important role (possibly including extra-cellular potential close to the membrane), and where cell membrane properties are complex, involving many ion-specific channels, ion accumulation, and second messengers.
MBF Bioscience is proud to be a corporate sponsor of the International Society for Stereology (ISS).
3rd Party Software
Microsoft – GDI Plus
If you are using Windows 2000 (earlier than XP), you will need to install GDI Plus when you upgrade to either Neurolucida or Stereo Investigator 7.5 or later. You should download and install the file. Click here to download GDI Plus The file gdiplus.dll should be copied into you Neurolucida or Stereo Investigator programs directory. If you need help or are unsure of how to do this, please contact our support group
Foresight
If your system includes a Foresight IDEA I-Color or I-RGB video capture device and you are running Neurolucida or Stereo Investigator version 6 you will need to have a recent version of the Foresight drivers installed on your system.
To see if you have a Foresight image capture device, please choose Options, Video Setup…in either Neurolucida or Stereo Investigator. If the ‘Foresight I-Color and I-RGB’ option is selected, then we recommend that you update your drivers.
To download the latest drivers, please download the IDEA software version 2.4 (which is the latest version as of August 2004). Only download these drivers if you are upgrading or have upgraded to Neurolucida or Stereo Investigator version 6 & above.
If you are still using version 5.**, please use IDEA software version 1.71
If you are using any version earlier than version 5, please contact our support team.
All updated and related drivers are available from the Foresight Imaging downloads page, a source for the most up-to-date drivers for the I-Color frame grabber.
Ludl (LEP) Electronics
USB Ludl Stage Controller drivers version 3.0.0.0.zip
These USB drivers are for the Ludl MAC 5000 stage controller.
Note: We highly recommend using a serial port for your stage controller.
PCI Stage Controller Drivers
Optronics
CX9000 Hardware Installation Guide
CX9000 Picture Frame Software Reference Guide
HyperCam
HyperCam Video Capture Software creates AVI movies of screen displays. Very useful to make presentations with Neurolucida Explorer.
Eutectics NTS
File Converter from Eutectics NTS program is now available for Neurolucida users. Please contact us for details: info@mbfbioscience.com
Zeiss
Server used to control the Z stage and other devices of the Zeiss Axio Imager and SteREO microscopes.
This driver is for use with Neurolucida and Stereo Investigator Version 7 or later.
Carl Zeiss Inc. MTB2004 Server (v1.2.0.9)
If you are still using version 6 of Neurolucida or Stereo Investigator, then you should download this file instead:
Carl Zeiss Inc. MTB2004 Server (v1.1.0.7)