The Golgi stain method is achieved by putting nervous tissue with potassium dichromate and silver nitrate. It was discovered by Camillo Golgi, and the methods discovery was accidental. Previously it was impossible to see the neuron, but with the discovery of the Golgi stain, the new technique allowed for the visualization of whole neurons. …show more content…
These dyes highlighted important structural features of neurons when placed on the slides because they penetrated and bound only to the structures in neuron cell bodies. There are two uses for the Nissl stain method when looked at through high and low magnification. Under low magnification you can see the brain structure by selectively staining groups of cell bodies whereas under high magnification, when using the Nissl stain, it allowed them to get a good indication of how many neural cell bodies were in an area because they could now count the number of stained dots that they saw on the