Detection of plasma proteins in CNS neurons conspicuous influence of tissue-processing parameters and the utilization of serum for blocking nonspecific reactions

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 591-603

  Moos, Torben ^a   Høyer, Poul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Albumin; Blood brain barrier; Central nervous system; Fixation; Igg; Immunohistochemistry; Motor neurons; Rat; Transferrin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BUFFER; FIXATIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; PLASMA PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBEDDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIUM; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0029902728     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/44.6.8666744     Document Type: Article

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