EGG ALBUMIN EMBEDDING - A PROCEDURE COMPATIBLE WITH NEUROLOGICAL STAINING TECHNIQUES
EGG ALBUMIN EMBEDDING - A PROCEDURE COMPATIBLE WITH NEUROLOGICAL STAINING TECHNIQUES
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DOI:
10.3109/10520296309067158
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发表时间:
1963-01-01
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通讯作者:
DORSEY, CH
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作者:
SNODGRESS, AB;DORSEY, CH
A water-soluble embedding medium for frozen sections of central nervous system and peripheral nerves which will tolerate on-the-slide alcohol dehydration, xylene clearing and synthetic resin mounting can be prepared by dissolbing 20 gm of powdered egg albumin in 30 ml of distilled water. Formalin-fixed, thoroughly washed tissue is immersed in the albumin solution for several hours and then embedded in it. For embedding, a two-layered box is constructed with an inner layer of vegetable parchment paper. This is supported by an outer layer of aluminum foil with 6-8 perforations about 0.5 mm in diameter in its bottom. Hardening of the tissue-albumin block is achieved by formalin dialysis through the parchment paper when the box is stood for 24-48 hr in a layer of 25% formalin that wets only the bottom of the box. Frozen sections from such blocks are compatible with Nauta silver impregnations for degenerating axons, Cajal''s gold chloride-sublimate for astrocytes and Penfield''s modified silver carbonate for oligodendroglia and microglia. These, as well as Nissl and myelin sheath preparations show minimal shrinkage and distortion.