Application of the aluminum-formaldehyde (ALFA) histofluorescence method for demonstration of peripheral stores of catecholamines and indolamines in freeze-dried paraffin-embedded tissue, cryostat sections and whole-mounts
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Histochemistry and Cell Biology
- Vol. 65 (1), 1-15
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00496681
Abstract
This paper describes new procedures for highly sensitive visualization of monoamine stores in peripheral tissues, taking advantage of the recently introduced aluminum-catalysed formaldehyde (ALFA) reaction. The tissues are exposed to an aluminum sulphate solution (with or without formaldehyde fixation) in a perfusion and/or immersion step, followed by formaldehyde vapour treatment. Procedures are described for freeze-dried, paraffin embedded tissue, cryostat sections and whole mount preparations. For all these tissue preparations the ALFA method gives a highly sensitive and precise demonstration of catecholamine-containing neurons and 5-HT-containing cells in a variety of peripheral tissues. For freeze-dried tissue and cryostat sections the ALFA method represents an improvement in comparison with other available methods. This is particularly noticeable for the very delicate adrenergic nerves in such organs as the thyroid, ovary, pancreas and the gastrointestinal tract.Keywords
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