An optimal antigen retrieval method suitable for different antibodies on human: Brain tissue stored for several years in formaldehyde fixative

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 197-207

  Evers, P ^a   Uylings, H B M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calbindin; Calretinin; MAP 2; Microwave oven; NPY; Parvalbumin; SMI 312; SMI 32

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; FORMALDEHYDE; PARVALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROFILAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; ANTIGENS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETUS; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PARVALBUMINS; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 0030937568     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)02204-2     Document Type: Article

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