Microwave staining of enteric neurons using cuprolinic blue (quinolinic phthalocyanin) combined with enzyme histochemistry and peroxidase immunohistochemistry

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-21

  Van Ginneken, Christa J ^a,c   De Smet, Marcel J ^a   Van Meir, Frans J ^b   Weyns, André A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c Laboratory of Veterinary Anatomy   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; CGRP; Cuprolinic blue; Double labeling; Enteric nervous system; Microwave; NADPH d

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; PHTHALOCYANINE; QUINOLINIC ACID; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; INTESTINE INNERVATION; LABELING INDEX; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032958402     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549904700103     Document Type: Article

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