Injection of dye into neurones in rat and human post-mortem brain, in combination with acetylcholinesterase histochemistry: Permanent preparations

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-169

  Loopuijt, Louise D ^a   Groenewegen, Henk J ^a   Wouterlood, Floris G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biocytin; Human brain; Huntington's disease; Intracellular injection; Lucifer Yellow; Post mortem brain tissue

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; DYE; LUCIFER YELLOW;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BRAIN; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; ISOQUINOLINES; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0030833752     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(97)00066-6     Document Type: Article

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