Postembedding immunocytochemistry of large sections of brain tissue: An improved flat-embedding technique

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-74

  Larue, David T ^a   Winer, Jeffery A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Araldite; Colocalization; Epoxy; GABA; Glycine; Semithin section; Wholemount

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ENDOGENOUS COMPOUND; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0030043036     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(95)00111-5     Document Type: Article

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