Utilizing commercial microwave for rapid and effective immunostaining

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-26

  Owens, Katrina ^b   Park, Ji H ^b   Kristian, Tibor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Vet Aff MD Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Immunostaining; Microwave; Mouse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FREEZING; HEATING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCUBATION TIME; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MICROWAVE OVEN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN; IMMUNOSTAINING; MICROWAVE; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROWAVES; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84881101948     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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