At 4:21 PM -0800 12/11/01, Jen, Shirley {Path~Palo Alto} wrote:
>Hi Everyone,
>Does anyone know if there is any silver impregnation staining technique that
works on paraffin section to stain degenerated neuronal cells?

By degenerated neuronal cells do you mean neurofibrillary tangles as 
seen in Alzheimer's disease? In which case any of the modified 
Bielowsky silver stains should work.

Cathy
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