[Histonet] Fibre typing cadaver muscle

[mtitford <@t> aol.com]

Dr Montgomery asked about fibre typing embalmed cadaver muscle;

There was an article published in Modern Pathology in 1998 entitled, " Neuropathologic applications of immunohistochemical fiber typing in the non-neoplastic muscle biopsy" ( Modern Pathology 11: 334 -338)?where they claimed you can fibre type using MY-32 antibody on paraffin sections. This antibody reacts with fast twitch skeletal myosin.They show photographs that look pretty good...... I don't know if it would work on cadaver muscle, but if it is important important enough, it might be worth a try.

Michael Titford
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