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[A method for combining Fluoro-Jade B staining and immunofluorescent staining]
Xia-Lin Zuo1, Ji-Zi Jin, Dan-Dan Liu
1Institute of Neurosciences, Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510260, China.E-mail: zuo85109@163.com.
Objective:
To explore a method for combining Fluoro-Jade B (FJB) staining with immunofluorescent staining in rats with focal cortical infarction.
Method:
Permanent distal middle cerebral artery occlusion (dMCAO) was induced in rats by electrocoagulation. The rat models were randomized into two groups, and frozen sections of the brain tissues from each group were stained with FJB followed by immunofluorescent staining or in the reverse order.
Results:
FJB staining followed by immunofluorescence staining clearly visualized both FJB-positive and immunofluorescence-positive cells in the frozen sections, but the staining protocol in the reverse sequence failed to clearly show the immunofluorescence-positive cells.
Conclusion:
FJB staining prior to immunofluorescence staining does not affect the staining effect of protein immunofluorescent staining and better visualizes the positive cells.
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