Decalcification by ascorbic acid for immuno- and affinohistochemical techniques on the inner ear

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-130

  Merchán Pérez, Angel ^a,c   Gil Loyzaga, Pablo ^a,b   Bartolomé, Maria Visitación ^a   Remezal, Manuel ^a,d   Fernández, Pilar ^a,c   Rodríguez, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b European University of Madrid ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INSERMED   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GALECTIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPERATURE; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BONE DEMINERALIZATION TECHNIQUE; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COCHLEA; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HAIR CELLS, INNER; HAIR CELLS, OUTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032854015     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004180050398     Document Type: Article

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