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10 Cards in this Set
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Cresyl Echt Violet
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-stains nissl substances in neurons & neuroglia
-cresyl echt vioet is primary stain -nissl substance & nuclei= blue-purple; background colorless |
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Bodian method
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-stains nerve fibers
-silver impregnation stain -nerve fibers & nuclei= black; background= blue |
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Holmes Silver Nitrate
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-stains nerve fibers & neurofibrils black
-silver impregnation stain |
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Bielschowsky-PAS stain
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-demonstrates neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques in Alzheimer's disease.
-tissue impregnated with ammonical silver; the Schiff reaction stains basement membranes and amyloid -neurofibrillary tangles= black; amyloid= magenta |
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Holzer method
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-demonstrates glial fibers
-glial fiber stain with crystal violet -glial fibers are blue to purple |
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Cajal stain
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-demonstrates astrocytes
-Cajal gold sublimate method used on frozen sections -best fixative: FAM -astrocytes stain black |
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Weil method
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-demonstrates myelin
-regressive stain that uses a mordant-hematoxylin to stain myelin -myelin= blue to black; background=light tan |
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Luxol Fast Blue
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-demonstrates myelin
-myelin=blue; background=colorless |
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Luxol Fast Blue-Cresyl Echt Violet
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-demonstrates myelin & nissl substance
-myelin=blue; nissl substance=violet |
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Luxol Fast Blue-Holmes Silver Nitrate
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-demonstrates myelin & nerve fibers
-myelin sheaths=blue to green; nerve fibers=black |
