Species: Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769)    Mammalia

Preparation Type: 60-100 µm thick celloidin sections

Prepared: D.K. Obukhov

Description: Frontal (transverse) section through an area of the hippocampus in the telencephalon of the rat Rattus norvegicus impregnated with sliver salts by the Golgi method.

Method: Golgi method of silver impregnation of nervous elements

Method Description: Frontal celloidin sections. Golgi impregnation. The staining protocol is described in detail in the handbooks of microscopy methods:
Mulisch, M., Welsch, U. Romeis - Mikroskopische Technik, 18. Auflage. - Heidelberg: Spektrum, 2010. - 568 p.

Institution: Saint Petersburg State University

Description: Frontal (transverse) celloidin section through an area of a telencephalic hemisphere of a rat in the region of the hippocampus impregnated with silver salts by the Golgi method. The section shows a separately stained typical pyramidal neuron in the pyramidal layer of the hippocampus (archicortex). The neuron has a characteristic pattern of the dendritic arborization (the apical dendrite with lateral branches). The dendrites bear a large number of spines. According to the classification of E. Ramon-Molinera, these neurons are classified as highly-specialized idiodendritic cells and are similar to the pyramidal cells of the neocortex.

Organs: сentral nervous system, cerebral brain or its part

Methods: Neurohistology - Golgi method of silver impregnation of nervous elements