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Sodium borohydride reduction of fluorescence as a specificity test for the histochemical demonstration of monoamines

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  1. Department of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, 4510 Main Street, 14226, Buffalo, New York, USA

    P. H. Staple & J. L. Luborsky-Moore

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, 06510, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

    P. H. Staple & J. L. Luborsky-Moore

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Staple, P.H., Luborsky-Moore, J.L. Sodium borohydride reduction of fluorescence as a specificity test for the histochemical demonstration of monoamines. Histochem J 10, 247–250 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01003310

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