Regular drinking water was removed 24hr prior to NMDA injections and replaced with water containing 5-ethynyl-2′-deoxyuridine (EdU; Sigma; 50 mg/100 mL dH2O) and EdU water was replaced every third day. Mice were maintained on EdU water until 4th day after TSA treatment.
Immunolabeled tissue sections were fixed in 4% formaldehyde in PBS for 5 minutes at room temperature, washed for 10 minutes with PBS, permeabilized with 0.01% Triton X-100 in PBS for 1 minute at room temperature, and washed in PBS for 10 minutes. Sections were incubated for 30 minutes at room temperature in 2M Tris, 50 mM CuSO4, Alexa Fluor 568 or 647 Azide (Thermo Fisher Scientific), and 0.5M ascorbic acid in dH2O. Sections were washed with PBS and further processed for immunofluorescence as required.
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