Immunofluorescence in brain sections: Simultaneous detection of presynaptic and postsynaptic proteins in identified neurons

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1887-1897

  Schneider Gasser, Edith M ^a   Straub, Carolin J ^a   Panzanelli, Patrizia ^b   Weinmann, Oliver ^a   Sassoè Pognetto, Marco ^b   Fritschy, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CELL MARKER; GEPHYRIN; NERVE PROTEIN; POSTSYNAPTIC PROTEIN; PRESYNAPTIC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN TISSUE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RODENT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; SYNAPSES;

RODENTIA;

EID: 34249037390     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.265     Document Type: Article

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