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For immunocytochemistry, fixed tissue must be cut in thin sections to be viewed in the light or fluorescence microscope. There are two common ways of sectioning tissue – the cryostat for fixed frozen tissue and the rotary microtome for paraffin-embedded tissue. In animal research, select the sectioning method based on the experimental design.
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Burry, R.W. (2010). Tissue Sectioning. In: Immunocytochemistry. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1304-3_4
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