Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience
Practical Training: Immunocytochemical Staining of Human Postmortem Tissue and Evaluation of the Staining Using the Multihead Microscope
Volledige vakbeschrijving
An immunocytochemical procedure will be followed to label plaques (ABeta) and the staining will be evaluated afterwards using the multihead microscope.
Doelstellingen van dit vak
Students will be able to understand:
- collecting Postmortem tissue, fixation, paraffin, immunocytochemical staining, recognition of neuropathological hallmarks in Tauopathies: Alzheimer’s disease (AD);
- plaques, tangles;
- early and late onset AD, Amyloid beta cascade hypothesis, amyloid precursor protein, Tau, ubiquitin, GFAP, gliosis, cytoarchitecture of hippocampus and neocortex.
Aanbevolen literatuur
Handbooks on practical immunohistochemistry (on EleUM).
PSY4351
Periode 2
28 okt 2024
20 dec 2024
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Attendance, Observation, AssignmentTrefwoorden:
Tauopathies (e.g. Alzheimer’s), neurodegenerative mechanisms