APPLICATION OF CALBINDIN IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY FOR STUDY OF STRUCTURAL ORGANISATION OF THE PURKINJE CELL DENDRITES OF THE HUMAN CEREBELLUM
The calbindin immunocytochemistry-based fluorescent technique is proposed for revealing the dendrites of the Purkinje cells in the human cerebellum. By improving the sensitivity of the immunocytochemical reaction and application of embedding medium with a high refractive index, fluorescence level was reached sufficient for the high resolution laser confocal microscopy and the informative three-dimensional reconstructions. Despite the use of the fixed material and the paraffin sections the presented protocol provides high-quality visualization of the structures studied.