Perineuronal surface acetylcholinesterase activity of a fine neural network stained histochemically and observed with backscattered electron imaging and X-ray mapping methods

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 16-22

  Tsuji, Shigeru ^a,c   Nakatomi, Reiko ^a   Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki ^b   Hirai, Keiji ^b   Katayama, Yoshifumi ^b   Motelica Heino, Ion ^c   Hashikawa, Tsutomu ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Backscattered electron imaging; Elementary X ray mapping; Energy dispersive X ray analysis; Extraneuronal acetylcholinesterase; Neural network

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; COPPER; FERROUS ION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACKSCATTERED ELECTRON IMAGING; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GUINEA PIG; HISTOCHEMISTRY; ILEUM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; PERINEURIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY MAPPING;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; GUINEA PIGS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE NET; NEURONS;

EID: 0036179816     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(01)00120-9     Document Type: Article

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