Fast Fos: Rapid protocols for single- and double-labeling c-Fos immunohistochemistry in fresh frozen brain sections

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-20

  Sundquist, Sarah J ^a   Nisenbaum, Laura K ^a  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autostainer; c Fos; Cryostat; Double labeling; Frozen; Immunocytochemistry; Immunofluorescence; Immunohistochemistry; Peroxidase

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FROZEN SECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FROZEN SECTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE DESIGN; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 10044242542     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2004.05.007     Document Type: Article

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