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Multiplex immunofluorescence (mIF) is extremely useful for visualizing complex cell interactions in the brain but is limited by the availability of primary-secondary antibody combinations. Tyramide signal amplification (TSA) systems largely solved the latter issue but remains expensive to perform.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods and results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Given the increasing interest in human post-mortem brain tissue for mechanistic studies, we explored whether modifying stripping protocols for traditional mIF staining could improve performance to match newer TSA-based methods.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Employing \u03b2-mercaptoethanol (BME)-containing stripping buffer instead of heat-induced epitope retrieval gave similar results for both techniques in both short-term and long-term fixed tissue. 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