Coronal sections (80 μm) were obtained with a
vibratome (Leica, Germany), permeabilized with 0.2%
Triton X-100 (Sigma-Aldrich) and incubated with 3%
bovine serum albumin (Sigma-Aldrich). After standard antigenic retrieval using sodium citrate, the free-floating sections were incubated overnight with the following primary antibodies: anti-Caspase-3 (1:300, Millipore,
AB3623); rabbit anti-Ki67 (1:100, Millipore, AB9260); mouse anti-NS1 (1:10, Thermo Fisher Scientific, MA5-24585); rabbit anti-SOX2 (1:200, Sigma-Aldrich/Millipore,
AB5603); rabbit anti-SOX9 (1:200, Abcam, ab185230); mouse anti-IBA1 (1:1000, Millipore,
MABN92); mouse anti-NEUN (1:200, Millipore,
MABN377); and rabbit anti-OLIG2 (1:300, Millipore,
MABN50). Following the overnight incubation, sections were washed with PBS and incubated for 2 h with goat anti-rabbit Alexa Fluor 488 (1:500, Millipore, AP132JA4) and goat anti-mouse Alexa Fluor 546 (1:500, Invitrogen,
A11003) secondary antibodies. The free-floating sections that were stained with isolectin B4 (IB4; 1:200, Invitrogen, 121411) were incubated with the stain together with the secondary antibodies. Nuclei were stained with DAPI (0.5 μg/ml) for 30 min. Sections were placed in glass slides and mounted with
Fluoromount (Sigma-Aldrich, F4680).
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