The use of proliferating cell nuclear antigen immunohistochemistry with a unique functional marker to detect postnatal neurogenesis in paraffin-embedded sections of the mature pig brain

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 69-75

  Rankin, Sherri L ^a   Partlow, Gary D ^a   McCurdy, Richard D ^a   Giles, Erin D ^a   Fisher, Kenneth R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development and Regeneration; Genesis of neurons and glia; Immunohistochemistry; Magnocellular; Neuronal proliferation; PCNA; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PARAFFIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL DIVISION; CELL LABELING; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; STEM CELLS; SUS SCROFA; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 2542446260     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresprot.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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