Autometallographic silver enhancement of zinc sulfide crystals created in cryostat sections from human brain biopsies: A new technique that makes it feasible to demonstrate zinc ions in tissue sections from biopsies and early autopsy material

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1503-1510

  Danscher, Gorm ^a   Juhl, Søren ^a   Stoltenberg, Meredin ^a   Krunderup, Bjarne ^a   Schrøder, Henrik D ^a   Andreasen, Arne ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Autometallography; Human brain biopsy; Hydrogen sulfide; Secretory vesicles; Silver amplification; Zinc ions; Zinc enriched (ZEN) neurons

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LIQUID NITROGEN; ZINC SULFIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SILVER STAINING; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TISSUE SECTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030700303     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549704501107     Document Type: Article

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