Snap-frozen brain tissue sections stored with desiccant at ambient laboratory conditions without chemical fixation are resistant to degradation for a minimum of 6 months

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-171

  Sadler, Theodore R ^a   Khodavirdi, Ani C ^a   Hinton, David R ^a   Holschneider, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Desiccated; Immunohistochemistry; Molecular biology; Protein extraction; Protein snap frozen heat dried

Indexed keywords

DESICCANT; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FROZEN SECTION; HEAT; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SILVER STAINING; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TISSUE SECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; FROZEN SECTIONS; MICE; PROTEINS; RATS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67849093852     PISSN: 15412016     EISSN: 15334058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAI.0b013e3181853001     Document Type: Article

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