A method for identifying viable and damaged neurons in adult mouse brain slices

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 531-537

  Sun, Hong Shuo ^a   French, Robert J ^b   Feng, Zhong Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Histochemistry; Immunohistochemistry; Laser confocal microscopy; Neuronal nuclei (NeuN); Oxygen and glucose deprivation; Propidium iodide

Indexed keywords

CELL ANTIBODY; NEURONAL NUCLEUS ANTIBODY; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DISEASE MARKER; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL SURVIVAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROPIDIUM;

EID: 70350622188     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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