This protocol presents a method for the morphological recovery of neurons patched during electrophysiological recordings using biocytin filling and subsequent immunohistochemical postprocessing. We show that thick biocytin-filled sections that were stained and coverslipped can be restained with a second primary antibody days or months later.
Swietek, B., Gupta, A., Proddutur, A., Santhakumar, V. Immunostaining of Biocytin-filled and Processed Sections for Neurochemical Markers. J. Vis. Exp. (118), e54880, doi:10.3791/54880 (2016).