Differentiation of histochemically visualized mercury and silver.
Accumulations of silver and mercury can be visualized in tissue sections by a technique called autometallography or physical development. In order to make a histological differentiation between mercury and silver in tissue exposed to both metals, it is necessary to remove one of the metals while leaving the other untouched. The present paper describes a technique by which silver accumulations in histological sections can be removed by potassium cyanide, yet leaving mercury accumulations intact to be developed autometallographically.
D000818:Animals; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D008628:Mercury / Q000378:metabolism*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D011190:Potassium Cyanide; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012834:Silver / Q000378:metabolism*
D012834:Silver; D008628:Mercury; D011190:Potassium Cyanide