Microwave-stimulated recovery of myosin-V immunoreactivity from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded human CNS

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 25-29

  Martins, Antonio R ^a   Dias, Minna M ^a   Vasconcelos, Thaisa M ^a   Caldo, Hildeberto ^a   Costa, Maria C R ^a   Chimelli, Leila ^a   Larson, Roy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antigen retrieval; Cerebellum; Granule cell; Human nervous system; Immunohistochemistry; Microwave; Myosin V; Purkinje cell

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; FORMALDEHYDE; MYOSIN; MYOSIN V; PARAFFIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; DENDRITE; GRANULE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PURKINJE CELL; TISSUE FIXATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CEREBELLUM; CHICKENS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FETUS; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MICROWAVES; MYOSIN TYPE V; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; RABBITS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0032705471     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(99)00090-4     Document Type: Article

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