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Rat Brain: Rabbit c-Fos

Rabbit c-Fos staining in a whole rat brain (40 µm max intensity projection).

Zoom in of hippocampus (left) and cortex (right) below.

Protocol

1. Standard SHIELD protocol for rat brain (6 days SHIELD OFF, 1 day SHIELD ON).

2. Active delipidation in SmartBatch+ for 6 days.

3. 4 days blocking with Blocking Buffer at 37°C.

4. Radiant Labeling in SmartBatch+ using 17.5 µg Rabbit Anti-cFos antibody in the Medium Staining Cup.

5. Secondary Labeling with 26.25 µg Donkey anti-Rabbit SeTau-647 in SmartBatch+.

6. EasyIndex index matching and mounting.

7. Imaged on SmartSPIM with 3.6X objective.