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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: Brain Res Bull. 2005 Aug 15;66(3):249–258. doi: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2005.05.016

Table I.

Spectral Properties of Lipophilic Tracer Dyes

Dye Excitation maximum in nm Emission maximum in nm Best matched confocal laser line(s) in nm
DiA 456 590 488
DiO 484 501 488
PKH2 490 504 488
NeuroVue Green 490 504 488
DiI 549 565 568
PKH 26 551 567 568
NeuroVue Red 565 586 568
DiD 644 665 637/647
NeuroVue Maroon 647 667 637/647