| Chapter title |
Staining Methods for Normal and Regenerative Myelin in the Nervous System
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 15 |
| Book title |
Histochemistry of Single Molecules
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| Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, February 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-6788-9_15 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-6787-2, 978-1-4939-6788-9
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| Authors |
Víctor Carriel, Antonio Campos, Miguel Alaminos, Stefania Raimondo, Stefano Geuna, Carriel, Víctor, Campos, Antonio, Alaminos, Miguel, Raimondo, Stefania, Geuna, Stefano |
| Editors |
Carlo Pellicciari, Marco Biggiogera |
| Abstract |
Histochemical techniques enable the specific identification of myelin by light microscopy. Here we describe three histochemical methods for the staining of myelin suitable for formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded materials. The first method is conventional luxol fast blue (LFB) method which stains myelin in blue and Nissl bodies and mast cells in purple. The second method is a LBF-based method called MCOLL, which specifically stains the myelin as well the collagen fibers and cells, giving an integrated overview of the histology and myelin content of the tissue. Finally, we describe the osmium tetroxide method, which consist in the osmication of previously fixed tissues. Osmication is performed prior the embedding of tissues in paraffin giving a permanent positive reaction for myelin as well as other lipids present in the tissue. |
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