Golgi method

Golgi method
Golgi method n a method of preparing nerve tissue for study using potassium dichromate and silver nitrate that is effective because a few of the neurons are stained completely and stand out from the rest which are not stained at all

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  • Golgi, Camillo — born July 7, 1843/44, Corteno, Italy died Jan. 21, 1926, Pavia Italian physician and cytologist. He devised a way to stain nerve tissue and with it discovered a neuron, now called the Golgi cell, that has many short, branching extensions… …   Universalium

  • Golgi , Camillo — (1843–1926) Italian cytologist and histologist Born at Corteno near Brescia (now in Italy), Golgi studied medicine at Pavia University and thereafter mainly concerned himself with research on cells and tissues. In 1873, while serving as physician …   Scientists

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  • potassium dichromate — n a soluble salt K2Cr2O7 forming large orange red crystals that is used as an oxidizing agent and in the Golgi method of staining nerve tissue called also potassium bichromate * * * K2Cr2O7, an oxidizing agent used in Zenker fixative and other… …   Medical dictionary

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