Clearing and embedding in polyester resin for demonstrating the nerve distribution pattern of skeletal muscles

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 78, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 187-190

  Peker, Tunkay ^a   Gulekon N ^a   Anil, A ^a   Turgut, H B ^a   Liman, F ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Kadin Hastaliklari ve Dogum AD   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Embedding; Innervation pattern; Polyester; Sihler's stain; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

POLYESTER; RESIN;

ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; EMBEDDING; INNERVATION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE; POLYMERIZATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STAINING;

GLYCEROL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE TISSUE; PLASTIC EMBEDDING; POLYESTERS;

EID: 0344737976     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10520790310001594026     Document Type: Article

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