Visualization of axonally transported horseradish peroxidase using enhanced immunocytochemical detection: A direct comparison with the tetramethylbenzidine method

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 265-272

  Romero, Mario I ^a   Romero, Martha A ^a   Smith, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Double labeling; Elite ABC; Horseradish peroxidase; Immunocytochemistry; Neuroanatomic tract tracing methods; Spinal cord; Tetramethylbenzidine

Indexed keywords

HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; TETRAMETHYLBENZIDINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PERIKARYON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; ARMORACIA RUSTICANA;

EID: 0032923978     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549904700216     Document Type: Article

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