A simple technique for flat osmicating and flat embedding of immunolabelled vibratome sections of the rat spinal cord for light and electron microscopy

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-54

  Nguyen, Kim B ^a,b   Pender, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flat embedding; Flat osmicating; Immunolabeling; Vibratome section

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0029867776     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(95)00145-X     Document Type: Article

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