Pre- or postembedding immunocytochemistry: Which to choose for the localization of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)?

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-105

  Hajós, Ferenc ^a   Halasy, Katalin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Astrocyte distribution; GFAP; Immunostaining; Rat

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 0032214369     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(98)00124-1     Document Type: Article

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