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- Title
A combined use of silver pretreatment and impregnation with consequent Nissl staining for cortex and striatum architectonics study.
- Authors
Piavchenko, Gennadii; Soldatov, Vladislav; Venediktov, Artem; Kartashkina, Natalia; Novikova, Natalia; Gorbunova, Marina; Boronikhina, Tatiana; Yatskovskiy, Alexander; Meglinski, Igor; Kuznetsov, Sergey
- Abstract
Despite a rapid growth in the application of modern techniques for visualization studies in life sciences, the classical methods of histological examination are yet to be outdated. Herein, we introduce a new approach that involves combining silver nitrate pretreatment and impregnation with consequent Nissl (cresyl violet) staining for cortex and striatum architectonics study on the same microscopy slide. The developed approach of hybrid staining provides a high-quality visualization of cellular and subcellular structures, including impregnated neurons (about 10%), Nissl-stained neurons (all the remaining ones), and astrocytes, as well as chromatophilic substances, nucleoli, and neuropil in paraffin sections. We provide a comparative study of the neuronal architectonics in both the motor cortex and striatum based on the differences in their tinctorial properties. In addition to a comparative study of the neuronal architectonics in both the motor cortex and striatum, the traditional methods to stain the cortex (motor and piriform) and the striatum are considered. The proposed staining approach compiles the routine conventional methods for thin sections, expanding avenues for more advanced examination of neurons, blood–brain barrier components, and fibers both under normal and pathological conditions. One of the main hallmarks of our method is the ability to detect changes in the number of glial cells. The results of astrocyte visualization in the motor cortex obtained by the developed technique agree well with the alternative studies by glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) immunohistochemical reaction. The presented approach of combined staining has great potential in current histological practice, in particular for the evaluation of several neurological disorders in clinical, pre-clinical, or neurobiological animal studies.
- Subjects
GLIAL fibrillary acidic protein; CELL anatomy; BLOOD-brain barrier; NEUROGLIA
- Publication
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, 2022, Vol 16, p1
- ISSN
1662-5129
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fnana.2022.940993