Fluorescent double-labeling with carbocyanine neuronal tracing and immunohistochemistry using a cholesterol-specific detergent digitonin

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-81

  Matsubayashi, Yutaka ^a   Iwai, Lena ^a   Kawasaki, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbocyanine dye; Digitonin; Fluorescent double labeling; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CARBOCYANINE; CHOLESTEROL; DIGITONIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; METHANOL; SAPONIN; TRITON X 100; TRITON X 114;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BRAIN MAPPING; CARBOCYANINES; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; DETERGENTS; DIFFUSION; DIGITONIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEUROANATOMY; NEURONS; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 49549114853     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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