How can I measure MMP-1 protein activity or protein level from liver tissue?

Instead of checking only the mRNA level, I want to check the active protein level of MMP-1 in Liver tissue from mice. How can I do that?

03 March 2021 1,763 2 View

Binary Logistic Generalized Linear Mixed model in SPSS. Is it doable?

I want to analyses the proportion of swimming sperm of three species of fish in two salinities. To analyse the proportion of swimming sperm in a Generalized Linear Model, I would use a Binary...

03 March 2021 2,297 3 View

Looking for Materials with high thermal expansion coefficient and high temperature resistance?

03 March 2021 8,272 1 View

Guidelines for survey (question type) analysis?

Hi. Please tell me what guidelines should i need to follow for questionaries' type research work in India. It is not hospital based work, we are conduction basic institutional based qualitative...

03 March 2021 2,037 3 View

What are the values needed for gabor filter's parameter for cifar10 data?

Hi, I implemented a code to gabor filter cifar10 data but the images after being filtered and stacked are not clear like the original images. I think the problem is in the way I am using the...

03 March 2021 6,317 1 View

Can we block unwanted images during the x-ray prediction?

i am try to classify the x-ray images. During classification , can i block unwanted images (except x-ray image).

03 March 2021 7,100 1 View

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03 March 2021 5,360 2 View

What techniques can I use to determine the miscibility of polymer blends?

The term miscibility refers to the single-phase state in thermodynamics. I do not mean the compatibility of different components. To determine the miscibility I know several techniques such as...

03 March 2021 4,107 4 View

Sample dilution for quantitative analysis using ELISA?

If the detection range is in ng/ml but the reference range is in ug/ml for a molecule or protein in serum or plasma .how to dilute and what is the initial volume to be taken for quantitative analysis

02 March 2021 7,670 3 View

The procedure compute?

02 March 2021 5,204 3 View

How to convert 2D stack images to 3D to obtain surface area of nucleus?

I have 15 slices of the nucleus at different z-heights from confocal imaging. I would like to use these slices to reconstruct the 3D nucleus and ultimately estimate the surface area of the...

20 February 2021 6,967 1 View

Is my GFAP staining in right position?

I was differentiate hESC to astrocyte. In the second week of differentiation, I stained my cell with s100beta and GFAP. I expected that the staining site of GFAP would come from the cytoplasm,...

15 February 2021 8,982 1 View

I.P. drug injection- time to reach brain?

I am injecting different serotonergic drugs into mice i.p. and see an effect in the brain electrophysiology quite fast, i.e. within minutes, when using a specific receptor agonist drug. I do not...

01 February 2021 8,406 3 View

Do head direction cells necessarily encode in an allocentric reference frame?

According to the vertebrate literature, I got the impression that head-direction cells are always anchored to an allocentric reference frame. This can easily be tested with freely moving animals....

27 January 2021 3,821 3 View

Where could I purchase whole cells with 5-HT (serotonin) 1B receptors?

Hi! I would like to study 5-HT 1B (Serotonin 1B) receptors and conduct a Gi CAMP assay on it. As you know, this is a functional assay that requires whole cells and not membrane preparations. Do...

19 January 2021 3,614 2 View

BrdU staining issue?

Hi everyone. I bumped into the difficulty that I couldn't get any signals from my brain section in the DG region of hippocampus. However, I have standardized the BrdU protocol in my brain...

13 January 2021 9,449 0 View

What is the cause of abnormal breathing in anaesthetized rats?

Is anyone able to tell me why my anaesthetized rats often do a 'double breath', or diaphragmatic breath, like a hiccup (see video). This often begins after 1-2 hours under anesthesia, and can...

06 December 2020 2,514 5 View

What are some factors that would result in a small fEPSP?

Hi everyone, I'm consistently having small fEPSP's of approximately -0.01 mv. I've been moving the position of my electrodes and increasing the stimulation intensity but the response doesn't...

03 December 2020 7,125 7 View

What is an appropriate tip diameter size for a stimulating electrode?

I'm setting up an electrophysiology rig examining LTP in the CA1 region of the hippocampus. What is an appropriate tip diameter size for a stimulating electrode to generate fEPSP? Also, I'm...

01 December 2020 5,139 2 View

How to check spread of AAV2 virus that doesn't express fluorophores?

Hi, I am injecting AAV2-Retro virus (AAV2-retro-EF1a-DIO-FLPo-WPRE-hGHpA from Addgene) that carries cre-dependent flp recombinase, in the mouse dorsal hippocampus and I need to verify that the...

08 November 2020 9,559 3 View