Introduction Methyl green is used commonly with bright-field microscopes to stain cell nuclei by dyeing the chromatin of cells with a green color. It is chemically related to cresyl violet. Materials 0.1M Sodium Acetate Buffer, pH4.2 Sodium acetate, trihydrate (MW 136.1) —— 1.36 gDistilled water ———————————– 100 mlMix to dissolve and adjust pH to 4.2 Full Article…
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Gallyas Silver Stain
The Gallyas Silver stain is used in neuropathology for the detection of neurofibrillary tangles, associated with neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease.
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Bielschowsky Silver Tissue Stain for Axons and Alzheimer’s Disease
The Bielschowsky Silver Stain is a classical histological silver stain used for the detection of pathology associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
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Haematoxylin Eosin (H&E) staining
H&E stains are the most common staining technique used for histologic studies.
An Introduction to Mordants
Find out about mordants, substance used to set dyes on tissue sections.
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Weil’s myelin stain
Weil’s stain is a simple technique that is used to stain myelin in the nervous system, involving the reduction of chrome salt to chromium dioxide by myelin.
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