Improved selective, simple, and contrast staining of acidophilic neurons with vanadium acid fuchsin

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-139

  Victorov, Ilya V ^a   Prass, Konstantin ^b   Dirnagl, Ulrich ^b  

^a BRAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidophilia; Brain pathology; Gill's hematoxylin; Neuron; Toluidine blue; Vanadium acid fuchsin

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM VANADATE; FUCHSINE;

ACIDOPHILIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACIDS; ANIMALS; BENZENESULFONATES; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL NUCLEUS; EVALUATION STUDIES; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; RATS; STAINING AND LABELING; VANADATES;

EID: 0034128826     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(00)00004-0     Document Type: Article

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