title: Silver impregnation of Alzheimer's neurofibrillary changes counterstained for basophilic material and lipofuscin pigment.
abstract: A method is described in which selective silver staining of Alzheimer's neurofibrillary changes is combined with staining of cell nuclei, Nissl material, and lipofuscin granules. Formalin fixed, paraffin embedded sections of human autopsy tissue are silver stained according to a method proposed by Gallyas. Lipofuscin is stained by crotonaldehyde fuchsin following performic acid oxidation. Nissl substance is visualized by either Darrow red or gallocyanin-chrome alum staining. Architectonic units showing the specific pathology and the neuronal types prone to develop the neurofibrillary changes can be recognized using this technique.
authors: Department of Anatomy, University of Frankfurt, Main, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Braak
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Braak
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Ohm
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Bohl
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008062:Lipofuscin; D008875:Middle Aged; D009454:Neurofibrils / Q000473:pathology*; D009562:Nissl Bodies / Q000473:pathology; D012834:Silver; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D008062:Lipofuscin; D012834:Silver