Gold toning preserves integrity of silver enhanced immunogold particles during osmium tetroxide treatment for demonstration of a biogenic amine

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 30-38

  Leitinger, Gerd ^a   Pabst, Maria Anna ^a   Kral, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxytryptamine; Optic lobe; Praying mantis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY CONJUGATE; BIOGENIC AMINE; BUFFER; GLUTARALDEHYDE; GOLD; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SEROTONIN; SILVER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; INSECT; MANTODEA; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; COLORING AGENTS; DISSECTION; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GOLD; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MANTODEA; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MICROTOMY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; OSMIUM TETROXIDE; SEROTONIN; SILVER STAINING;

EID: 0034053549     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(99)00049-5     Document Type: Article

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