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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 22.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Neurosci. 2012 Nov 22;37(3):457–468. doi: 10.1111/ejn.12058

Table 1. Immunohistochemical reagents.


Fos/TH Immunohistochemistry

Fos Serum Normal goat serum. Pel-Freez Biologicals, Rogers, AR
Primary c-Fos (4): rabbit, sc-52. 1:10,000, 0.02μg IgG/ml solution, Santa Cruz Biotech, Santa Cruz, CA
Secondary Biotinylated goat anti-rabbit IgG (H+L). 1:500, 3μg IgG/ml solution, Vector Laboratories, Burlingame, CA
TH Serum Normal goat serum. Pel-Freez Biologicals, Rogers, AR
Primary Mouse anti-TH monoclonal antibody. 1:2,000, Millipore-Chemicon, Billerica, MA
Secondary Biotinylated goat anti-mouse IgG (H+L). 1:500, 3μg IgG/ml solution, Vector Laboratories, Burlingame, CA
Fos/orexin Immunohistochemistry

Fos Serum Normal donkey serum. Jackson ImmunoResearch Laboratories, West Grove, PA
Primary c-Fos (4): rabbit, sc-52. 1:10,000, 0.02μg IgG/ml solution, Santa Cruz Biotech, Santa Cruz, CA
Secondary Biotinylated donkey anti-rabbit IgG (H+L). 1:500, 2.4μg IgG/ml solution, Jackson ImmunoResearch, West Grove, PA
Orexin Serum Normal horse serum, S-2000. Vector Laboratories, Burlingame, CA
Primary Orexin-A (C-19): goat, sc-8070, 1:5,000, 0.04μg IgG/ml solution, Santa Cruz Biotech, Santa Cruz, CA
Secondary Biotinylated horse anti-goat IgG (H+L), 1:500, 3μg IgG/ml solution, Vector Laboratories, Burlingame, CA
Other reagents

Avid :Biotin Complex Peroxidase- Vectastain ABC Kit PK-6100, Vector Laboratories, Burlingame, CA
Enzyme Substrate Peroxidase- Vector SG Substrate Kit SK-4700, Vector Laboratories, Burlingame, CA
Enzyme Substrate Peroxidase- 3,3′ Diaminobenzidine tetrahydrochloride, Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO