Detection of pathological zinc accumulation in neurons: Methods for autopsy, biopsy, and cultured tissue

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 969-972

  Suh, Sang Won ^a,c,f   Listiack, Kathy ^a   Bell, Brent ^a   Chen, Jefferson ^a   Motamedi, Massoud ^a   Silva, David ^b   Danscher, Gorm ^c   Whetsell, William ^d   Thompson, Richard ^e   Frederickson, Christopher ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b MICROFAB TECHNOLOGIES INC   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f NeuroBioTex Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrites; Neuronal injury; Perikarya; Staining; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; DENDRITE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0012898919     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549904700715     Document Type: Article

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