Re: Re: [Histonet] postnatal brain sections using vibratome

2009-03-06 Thread Merced Leiker
... 2009-03-06 TF Geoff McAuliffe ? 2009-03-06 23:37:34 shymaa shawadfy ??? histonet ??? Re: [Histonet] postnatal brain sections using vibratome If you put a little glutaraldehyde (0.25%) in the fixaitve you perfuse with but not in the post fix solution the brain will be

Re: Re: [Histonet] postnatal brain sections using vibratome

2009-03-06 Thread TF
Hi, I dont think glutaraldehyde is good for many antigens...though the brain does become firmer... 2009-03-06 TF 发件人: Geoff McAuliffe 发送时间: 2009-03-06 23:37:34 收件人: shymaa shawadfy 抄送: histonet 主题: Re: [Histonet] postnatal brain sections using vibratome If you put a little

Re: [Histonet] postnatal brain sections using vibratome

2009-03-06 Thread Geoff McAuliffe
If you put a little glutaraldehyde (0.25%) in the fixaitve you perfuse with but not in the post fix solution the brain will be noticably firmer and your antigen may survive. Good luck! Geoff shymaa shawadfy wrote: Dear all I am trying to use vibratome 50 µm thick sections for immunofluoresc

Re: [Histonet] postnatal brain sections using vibratome

2009-03-06 Thread Merced Leiker
Yes, definitely make sure to do the 20% sucrose overnight, even try 30%, or grades going from 10%-20%-30%, switching to the next higher when the brain becomes saturated enough to fall to the bottom of the container. We did this in a previous lab with rat brains and it worked well. Merced --O

Re: [Histonet] postnatal brain sections using vibratome

2009-03-06 Thread TF
2009-03-06 TF 发件人: shymaa shawadfy 发送时间: 2009-03-06 10:55:20 收件人: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu 抄送: 主题: [Histonet] postnatal brain sections using vibratome Dear all I am trying to use vibratome 50 祄 thick sections for immunofluorescence using Postnatal day 0 brains. The probl

[Histonet] postnatal brain sections using vibratome

2009-03-05 Thread shymaa shawadfy
Dear all I am trying to use vibratome 50 µm thick sections for immunofluorescence using Postnatal day 0 brains. The problem is that brains are very soft and are usually destroyed upon handling and the agarose is separated form the brain. My used protocol was: perfusion with 4 % PFA for 3 min, fol