Re: Golgi-Cox dark areas.
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From: | Bruce A Rasmussen <brasmuss@osf1.gmu.edu> |
To: | Sarah Christo <schristo@cvm.tamu.edu> |
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Date: | Mon, 16 Aug 1999 10:46:34 -0400 (EDT) |
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My protocol calls for 30 min in ammonium hydroxide. Which should take
care of the mercuric chloride?? Also I'm using sodium tungstate I wonder
if that is the bad guy. Thanks for your input
Bruce
On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Sarah Christo wrote:
> Dear Bruce,
> I have been sectioning Golgi-Cox mouse brains in celloidin and we react them after sectioning with 5% ammonium hydroxide. It sound like your silver is still reacting. I'm no expert in this, I'm not doing the staining, just the sectioning and reacting, etc. Just a thought.
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> Sarah Christo, HT (ASCP)
> Texas A&M University
> College of Veterinary Medicine
> Dept. of Vet. Anatomy & Public Health
> College Station, TX 77868-4458
> schristo@cvm.tamu.edu
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> >>> Bruce A Rasmussen <brasmuss@osf1.gmu.edu> 08/11 1:39 PM >>>
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> Greetings histo gurus,
>
> Last spring I processed coronal rat brain sections with the Golgi-Cox
> method using the protocol of Kolb/Gibbs. The tissue came out great BUT
> over time the sections are starting to turn black in the medial areas
> threatening our region of interest the hippocampus. We
> store the slides in the dark. Anyone ever see this? Is there anyway to
> stabilize the slides?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Bruce
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The Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study
George Mason University
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