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HISTOLOGY WEB PAGES HELP |
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Select a staining method from one of the drop-down menu boxes and click
it to open the page.
If you are unsure of the technique you need to use look here first.
Many of the methods detailed have been modified from the original to give good results in our laboratory.
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To view an image click on the small image icon next to the method's staining
results.
Please set your screen to display more than 256 colours.
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All solutions are intended to be aqueous
(dissolved in distilled water) unless otherwise
stated in the method.
For example if 1% methylene blue is called for this means 1g of methylene blue dissolved in 100ml distilled water.
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Dewaxing sections refers to the process
of removing all traces of wax from sections before staining.
The phrase "Dehydrate, clear and mount" seen at the end of many of the methods refers to the process of dehydrating sections with 100% alcohol, clearing with Histo-Clear® (or xylene) and mounting with a glass coverslip and D.P.X. mountant.
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For further information on fixatives, processing, cryotomy, electron microscopy
etc. click on Laboratory Protocols on our home
page.