Whole-mount procedures for simultaneous visualization of nerves, neurons, cartilage and bone

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-123

  Rosa Molinar, E ^a   Proskocil, B J ^a   Ettel, M ^b   Fritzsch, B ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcian blue; Alizarin red S; Anti acetylated tubulin; Bone; Cartilage; Dextran biotin; Dorsal root ganglion; Immunohistochemistry; Pectoral fin afferent; Posterior lateral line nerve; Posterior lateral line ventral ramus; Retrograde transport; Septal branch of the ventral spinal nerve; Whole mount

Indexed keywords

DIAMINOBENZIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE; CARTILAGE; CELL LABELING; FEMALE; FISH; IMAGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINAL NERVE; STAINING; VENTRAL ROOT;

3,3'-DIAMINOBENZIDINE; ALCIAN BLUE; ANIMALS; ANTHRAQUINONES; BIOTIN; BONE AND BONES; CARTILAGE; COLORING AGENTS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE FIXATION; TUBULIN;

EID: 0032841976     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(99)00007-0     Document Type: Article

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