Advanced application of the in vivo cryotechnique to immunohistochemistry for animal organs

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 357-364

  Ohno, Nobuhiko ^a   Terada, Nobuo ^a   Ohno, Shinichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antigen retrieval; Dynamic immunohistochemistry; Freeze substitution; In vivo cryotechnique; Living morphology

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; PARAFFIN; PARAFORMALDEHYDE;

ANESTHESIA; ANOXIA; ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL STRUCTURE; CIRCULATION; CRYOTECHNIQUE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FREEZE DRYING; FREEZING; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; REVIEW; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

EID: 15744404183     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.37.357     Document Type: Review

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