Tract-tracing in the nervous system of vertebrates using horseradish peroxidase and its conjugates: Tracers, chromogens and stabilization for light and electron microscopy

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 269-279

  Van Der Want, J J L ^a   Klooster, J ^b   Nunes Cardozo, B ^b   De Weerd, H ^a   Liem, R S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Axonal labeling; Histochemistry; Neuroanatomical tracing; Neuroanatomy; Retrograde tracing; Uptake and transport

Indexed keywords

BENZIDINE; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; DIAMINOBENZIDINE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; PHENYLENEDIAMINE; TETRAMETHYLBENZIDINE; TRACER; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BENZIDINES; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; COLORING AGENTS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROSCIENCES; P-DIMETHYLAMINOAZOBENZENE; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0031396371     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(96)00042-6     Document Type: Article

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