I am running experiments on rat hipocampus, we assayed several markers, among them was phosphorylated tau. We thought ELISA would be more convenient regarding sensitivity, and it is quantitative, specially that we are comparing treated and untreated groups. I know that wesetrn blot may be more specific, yet the sample was really small, and we couldnt afford losing any more tissue if the WB gel came out bad. Is it really a must to confirm my results using western blot? many thanks