A method of combining biocytin tract-tracing with avidin-biotin- peroxidase complex immunocytochemistry for pre-embedding electron microscopic labeling in neonatal tissue

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 189-197

  Erisir A ^a   Aoki, C ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ABC; AMPA receptors; GluR2 3; nNOS; Silver intensified colloidal gold

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; AVIDIN; BIOCYTIN; BIOTIN; COLLOIDAL GOLD; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CAT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AVIDIN; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BINDING SITES; BIOTIN; BRAIN; CATS; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSINE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PEROXIDASE; PUTAMEN; RATS; SILVER STAINING; THALAMUS; TISSUE EMBEDDING; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0345698792     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(98)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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