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A simple method for high resolution light microscopy of nervous tissue. 1985

M P Pender

A simple method for high resolution light microscopy of nervous tissue is described. Tissue perfused with glutaraldehyde and formaldehyde and postfixed with osmium tetroxide is embedded in HistoResin (LKB Bromma), a new glycol methacrylate based embedding medium, and sectioned (2 microns) on a standard microtome. The method gives excellent preservation of tissue structure, which is far superior to that in paraffin sections and in fact resembles that in epoxy resin-embedded material. It does not, however, require the time, expertise and ultramicrotome needed to cut epoxy resin sections. This technique is particularly useful for assessing demyelination.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008689 Methacrylates Acrylic acids or acrylates which are substituted in the C-2 position with a methyl group. Methacrylate
D008853 Microscopy The use of instrumentation and techniques for visualizing material and details that cannot be seen by the unaided eye. It is usually done by enlarging images, transmitted by light or electron beams, with optical or magnetic lenses that magnify the entire image field. With scanning microscopy, images are generated by collecting output from the specimen in a point-by-point fashion, on a magnified scale, as it is scanned by a narrow beam of light or electrons, a laser, a conductive probe, or a topographical probe. Compound Microscopy,Hand-Held Microscopy,Light Microscopy,Optical Microscopy,Simple Microscopy,Hand Held Microscopy,Microscopy, Compound,Microscopy, Hand-Held,Microscopy, Light,Microscopy, Optical,Microscopy, Simple
D008867 Microtomy The technique of using a microtome to cut thin or ultrathin sections of tissues embedded in a supporting substance. The microtome is an instrument that hold a steel, glass or diamond knife in clamps at an angle to the blocks of prepared tissues, which it cuts in sections of equal thickness. Thin Sectioning,Ultramicrotomy,Sectioning, Thin,Sectionings, Thin,Thin Sectionings
D009417 Nerve Tissue Differentiated tissue of the central nervous system composed of NERVE CELLS, fibers, DENDRITES, and specialized supporting cells. Nervous Tissue,Nerve Tissues,Nervous Tissues,Tissue, Nerve,Tissue, Nervous,Tissues, Nerve,Tissues, Nervous
D010078 Oxazines Six-membered heterocycles containing an oxygen and a nitrogen.
D011917 Rats, Inbred Lew An inbred strain of rat that is used in BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH. Rats, Inbred Lewis,Rats, Lew,Inbred Lew Rat,Inbred Lew Rats,Inbred Lewis Rats,Lew Rat,Lew Rat, Inbred,Lew Rats,Lew Rats, Inbred,Lewis Rats, Inbred,Rat, Inbred Lew,Rat, Lew
D004681 Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental An experimental animal model for central nervous system demyelinating disease. Inoculation with a white matter emulsion combined with FREUND'S ADJUVANT, myelin basic protein, or purified central myelin triggers a T cell-mediated immune response directed towards central myelin. The pathologic features are similar to MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, including perivascular and periventricular foci of inflammation and demyelination. Subpial demyelination underlying meningeal infiltrations also occurs, which is also a feature of ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED. Passive immunization with T-cells from an afflicted animal to a normal animal also induces this condition. (From Immunol Res 1998;17(1-2):217-27; Raine CS, Textbook of Neuropathology, 2nd ed, p604-5) Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis, Experimental,Encephalomyelitis, Allergic,Encephalomyelitis, Experimental Autoimmune,Allergic Encephalomyelitis,Allergic Encephalomyelitis, Experimental,Autoimmune Experimental Encephalomyelitis,Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis,Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis,Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune Experimental,Encephalomyelitis, Experimental Allergic,Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitides,Experimental Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D014048 Tolonium Chloride A phenothiazine that has been used as a hemostatic, a biological stain, and a dye for wool and silk. Tolonium chloride has also been used as a diagnostic aid for oral and gastric neoplasms and in the identification of the parathyroid gland in thyroid surgery. Toluidine Blue O,CI-52040,Toluidine Blue,Blue O, Toluidine,Blue, Toluidine,CI 52040,CI52040,Chloride, Tolonium
D048588 Benzoxazines OXAZINES with a fused BENZENE ring. Benzoxazine,Benzoxazinoid,Benzoxazinone,Benzoxazinones,Benzoxazinoids

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