Diaminobenzidine induces fluorescence in nervous tissue and provides intrinsic counterstaining of sections prepared for peroxidase histochemistry

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 236-243

  Von Bohlen Und Halbach, Oliver ^a   Kiernan, John A ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aldehydes; Brain; CNS; Diaminobenzidine fluorescence; Histochemistry; Immunohistochemistry; Lipids; Mice; Myelin; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; DIAMINOBENZIDINE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; LIPID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; FROZEN SECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; RAT; STAINING; TISSUE PREPARATION;

EID: 0033492749     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10520299909034659     Document Type: Article

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