Does microwaving enhance the Golgi methods? A quantitative analysis of disparate staining patterns in the cerebral cortex

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-155

  Zhang, Hong ^a   Weng, Shih Jen ^a   Hutsler, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Glial; Histology; Human; Neuronal; Pathology; Rat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CADAVER; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GOLGI STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT;

EID: 0037446604     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(03)00002-5     Document Type: Article

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