X-Message-Number: 10865
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 07:35:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug Skrecky <>
Subject: microwaves versus formaldehyde

Authors
  van Dorp R.  Boon ME.  Kok PG.  Marani E.
Institution
  Leiden Cytology and Pathology Laboratory, The Netherlands.
Title
  Combining microwave stabilization and microwave-stimulated
  fixation of brain tissue
  with microwave-stimulated staining.
Source
  European Journal of Morphology.  33(2):164-73, 1995 Apr.
Abstract
  Microwave stabilization of rat brain tissue
  using saline was compared with microwave-stimulated fixation
  using either formaldehyde or Kryofix. Sections were stained according to the
  microwave-adapted Nissl, Kluver-Barrera, and Bodian methods. Depending on the
  preparative choice the microwave staining method had to be adjusted. Optimal
  combinations of preparative techniques and staining methods are feasible. In
  most cases the microwave saline-stabilized and microwave Kryofix-treated
  sections were better suited for application in neurohistology than the
  microwave formaldehyde-treated sections for light microscopy.

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