The autometallographic zinc-sulphide method. A new approach involving in vivo creation of nanometer-sized zinc sulphide crystal lattices in zinc-enriched synaptic and secretory vesicles

Histochemical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 361-373

  Danscher, G ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; ZINC SULFIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DITIOCARB; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SILVER STAINING; SULFIDES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029956288     PISSN: 00182214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02331399     Document Type: Article

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