A highly sensitive immunofluorescence procedure for analyzing the subcellular distribution of GABA(A) receptor subunits in the human brain

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1129-1139

  Loup, Fabienne ^a   Weinmann, Oliver ^a   Yonekawa, Yasuhiro ^c   Aguzzi, Adriano ^c   Wieser, Heinz Gregor ^b   Fritschy, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antigen retrieval immunohistochemistry; Autofluorescence; Biopsy; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; GABA(A) receptors; Human; Microwave irradiation; Postmortem; Tyramide

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ISOPROPAMIDE IODIDE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL;

EID: 0031695111     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549804601005     Document Type: Article

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