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@ARTICLE{Loesel:57136,
author = {Loesel, R. and Weigel, S. and Bräunig, P.},
title = {{A} simple fluorescent double staining method for
distinguishing neuronal from non-neuronal cells in the
insect central nervous system},
journal = {Journal of neuroscience methods},
volume = {155},
issn = {0165-0270},
address = {Amsterdam [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier Science},
reportid = {PreJuSER-57136},
pages = {202 - 206},
year = {2006},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {Being able to discriminate between neurons and non-neuronal
cells such as glia and tracheal cells has been a major
problem in insect neuroscience, because glia-specific
antisera are available for only a small number of species
such as Drosophila melanogaster and Manduca sexta.
Especially developmental or comparative studies often
require an estimate of neuron numbers. Since neuronal and
glial cell bodies are in many cases indiscernible in situ, a
method to distinguish neurons from non-neuronal cells that
works in any given species is wanting. Another application
is cell culturing. Cultured cells usually change their
outward shape dramatically after being isolated so that it
is frequently impossible to tell neurons and glia apart.
Here, we present a simple method that uses a commercially
available antiserum directed against horseradish peroxidase,
which specifically stains neurons but no other cell type in
every insect species investigated. Counterstaining with
DAPI, a fluorescent chromophore that binds to
double-stranded DNA in the nuclei of all cells, yields the
total number of cells in a given sample. Thus, double
labeled cells can be identified as neurons, cells that carry
only DAPI staining are non-neuronal.},
keywords = {Animals / Cell Nucleus: metabolism / Cells, Cultured /
Central Nervous System: cytology / DNA: metabolism /
Fluoresceins: metabolism / Horseradish Peroxidase:
immunology / Horseradish Peroxidase: metabolism / Immune
Sera: metabolism / Indoles: diagnostic use / Insects /
Neuroglia: cytology / Neuroglia: metabolism / Neurons:
cytology / Neurons: metabolism / Fluoresceins (NLM
Chemicals) / Immune Sera (NLM Chemicals) / Indoles (NLM
Chemicals) / DAPI (NLM Chemicals) / DNA (NLM Chemicals) /
Horseradish Peroxidase (NLM Chemicals) / J (WoSType)},
cin = {ISG-2},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB42},
pnm = {Grundlagen für zukünftige Informationstechnologien},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK412},
shelfmark = {Biochemical Research Methods / Neurosciences},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:16481042},
UT = {WOS:000241217200006},
doi = {10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.01.006},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/57136},
}