Localization of α-Synuclein in Teleost Central Nervous System: Immunohistochemical and Western Blot Evidence by 3D5 Monoclonal Antibody in the Common Carp, Cyprinus carpio

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 523, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1095-1124

  Vaccaro, Rosa ^a   Toni, Mattia ^b   Casini, Arianna ^a   Vivacqua, Giorgio ^a   Yu, Shun ^c   D'este, Loredana ^a   Cioni, Carla ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

5HT (RRID:AB_92263); Brain; ChAT (RRID:AB_2079760); Spinal cord; TH (RRID:AB_390204)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY 3D5; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CARP; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PULVINAR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD; SUBTHALAMUS; TECTUM; TEGMENTUM; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CARPS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; SEROTONIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 84924768000     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23722     Document Type: Article

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