Fluoro-Jade Dyes: Fluorochromes for the Histochemical Localization of Degenerating Neurons

Fundamental Neuropathology for Pathologists and Toxicologists: Principles and Techniques

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 171-179

  Sarkar, Sumit ^a   Schmued, Larry ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluoro Jade dye staining; Fluorochromes and degenerating neuron localization; Multiple labeling techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862162338     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470939956.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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