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. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=10865