Here, we present a protocol for a free-floating indirect immunofluorescence assay on skin biopsy sections that allows for the identification of disease specific conformation variants of alpha synuclein involved in Parkinson disease and multiple proteins of the peripheral nervous system.
Vacchi, E., Pinton, S., Kaelin-Lang, A., Melli, G. Targeting Alpha Synuclein Aggregates in Cutaneous Peripheral Nerve Fibers by Free-floating Immunofluorescence Assay. J. Vis. Exp. (148), e59558, doi:10.3791/59558 (2019).