Procedures for whole-mount immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization of immature mammalian CNS

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-173

  Luque, Juan M ^a   Adams, William B ^a   Nicholls, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Developmental neurobiology; Monodelphis domestica; Mouse; Neurotransmitter; Neurotrophic factor; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PEROXIDASE ANTIPEROXIDASE COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILVER STAINING;

ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MICE; OPOSSUMS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0031844426     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(97)00035-4     Document Type: Article

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