The "single-section" Golgi method adapted for formalin-fixed human brain and light microscopy

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-55

  Dall'Oglio, Aline ^a   Ferme, Denise ^b   Brusco, Janaína ^c   Moreira, Jorge E ^c   Rasia Filho, Alberto A ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glial cells; Golgi method; Neuronal morphology

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; FORMALDEHYDE; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; PHOSPHATE; PICRIC ACID; SILVER NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; GOLGI STAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SLICE;

AGED; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; OSMIUM TETROXIDE; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; POTASSIUM DICHROMATE; SILVER NITRATE; SILVER STAINING; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 77952547175     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.03.018     Document Type: Article

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