Histological staining of amyloid and pre-amyloid peptides and proteins in mouse tissue

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 849, Issue , 2012, Pages 411-424

  Rajamohamedsait, Hameetha B ^a   Sigurdsson, Einar M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid ; Brain; Congo red; Fixation; Histology; Immunohistochemistry; Islet amyloid polypeptide; Mouse; Pancreas; Perfusion; Plaques; Tangles; Tau; Thioflavin S

Indexed keywords

AMYLIN; AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CONGO RED; DIRECT YELLOW 7; DYE; PRE AMYLOID; PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COLORING AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THIOFLAVINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PERFUSION; STAINING;

AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; COLORING AGENTS; CONGO RED; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISLET AMYLOID POLYPEPTIDE; MICE; PERFUSION; STAINING AND LABELING; TAU PROTEINS; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84864620666     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-551-0_28     Document Type: Article

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