Improved post-embedding immunocytochemistry of myelinated nervous tissue for electron microscopy

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 151-158

  Hirst, Elizabeth M A ^a   Johnson, Tammaryn C ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Raisman, Geoffrey ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrylic resins; Electron immunocytochemistry; Immuno gold; Lowicryl HM20; Lowicryl K4M; Myelin; Spinal cord; White matter nervous tissue

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; LIPID; MYELIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; RATS; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE EMBEDDING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0033969366     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(99)00173-9     Document Type: Article

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