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Testicular tissue was fixed in Bouin's fixative, dehydrated in graded concentrations of ethanol and embedded in paraffin.
After embedding in paraffin, sections 5 μm in thickness were immersed twice into xylene for 5 min each, followed by immersion twice for 3 min each in 100% ethanol and then 95% ethanol.
Paraffin blocks were cut in 5-6 μm sections, deparaffinized and hydrated to water prior to staining.
Four ears each of Brn3c null mutants (P0 and P8) and control littermates were embedded in paraffin, sectioned and probed for the presence of BDNF and NT-3 mRNA using the in situ technique previously described [ 7 ] . Sections were lightly counterstained and viewed with bright and dark field microscopy.
All the surgically resected specimens and biopsy samples were fixed with 10% neutral formalin, embedded with paraffin, and serially sectioned at 5 μm.