Confocal laser scanning microscopic observation in the 3-D reconstruction technique of reflection mode of cytochrome oxidase activity in the Hamster submandibular gland

Cytochemical demonstration of the cytochrome oxidase activities in the mitochondria of granular duct cells of the hamster submandibular gland was compared in different fixative conditions. The mitochondrial formation and accumulation of cytochrome oxidase activities were determined by laser confocal microscopy in the 3-D reconstruction of reflection mode.