[Histonet] postnatal brain sections using vibratome

[Geoff McAuliffe]

If you put a little glutaraldehyde  (0.25%) in the fixaitve you perfuse 
with but not in the post fix solution the brain will be noticably firmer 
and your antigen may survive.
Good luck!

Geoff

shymaa shawadfy wrote:
> Dear all
>
> I am trying to use vibratome 50 µm thick sections for immunofluorescence
> using Postnatal day 0 brains. The problem is that brains are very soft and
> are usually destroyed upon handling and the agarose is separated form the
> brain.
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> My used protocol was: perfusion with 4 % PFA for 3 min, followed by several
> hours to overnight post-fixation. Then embedding brains in 2 % low melting
> agarose and cutting the block on vibratome using low speed.
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> I am thinking to add an overnight  20 % sucrose incubation step following
> the post-fixation step. Then embed in agarose and continue the normal
> protocol.  May be sucrose will increase the elasticity of the tissue. 
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> So what do you think ?
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> Thanks a lot
>
> shymaa
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