Toluidine blue-O is a Nissl bright-field counterstain for lipophilic fluorescent tracers Di-ASP, DiI and DiO

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-55

  Chelvanayagam, D K ^a   Beazley, L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Di ASP (D3883); DiO (D275) and DiI (D282); Fluorescent; Histology; Lipophilic; Neural tracer; Nissl stain; Toluidine blue O

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEWBORN; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CARBOCYANINES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; LIPIDS; MACROPODIDAE; OPTIC NERVE; PREGNANCY; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; STAINING AND LABELING; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0030907773     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)00155-0     Document Type: Article

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