Ultrastructure of rat atrial tissue after either perfusion- or immersion-fixation both in vivo and in vitro study: Comparison of methodological reliability

European Journal of Morphology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 77-82

  Lenzi, P ^a   Gesi, M ^a   Martini, F ^a   Natale, G ^a   Pellegrini, A ^a   Soldani, P ^a   Paparelli, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Immersion fixation; Myocardium; Perfusion fixation; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART PERFUSION; IMMERSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MITOCHONDRION SWELLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; IMMERSION; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PERFUSION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0031861465     PISSN: 09243860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ejom.36.2.77.4777     Document Type: Article

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