Hi all,
I am looking at clearing peripheral rodent nerves, and am looking at various methods. My primary concerns with the protocol(s) are as follows:
1) must maintain endogenous fluorescent proteins
2) must be compatible with immunostaining
3) preferably doesn't require any hydrogel-embedding/polymerization
With these 3 concerns in mind, I also was curious as to if anyone has had any success using clearing agents like 2,2'-Thiodiethanol (TDE) without doing any of the hydrogel/polymerization steps? I am investigating PACT, and have tried iDisco but there seems to be an antibody compatibility issue.