Golgi stain


Gol·gi stain

(gol'jē), any of several methods for staining nerve cells, nerve fibers, and neuroglia using fixation and hardening in formalin-osmic-dichromate combinations for various times, followed by impregnation in silver nitrate.

Gol·gi stain

(gol'jē stān) Any of several methods for staining nerve cells, nerve fibers, and neuroglia using fixation and hardening in formalin-osmic-dichromate combinations for various times, followed by impregnation in silver nitrate.

Golgi,

Camillo, Italian histologist and Nobel laureate, 1844-1926. Golgi apparatus - a membranous system of cisternae and vesicles concerned with intracellular transport of membrane-bounded secretory proteins. Synonym(s): dictyosome; Golgi body; Golgi complex; Golgi internal reticulum; Holmgrén-Golgi canalsGolgi body - Synonym(s): Golgi apparatusGolgi cellsGolgi complex - Synonym(s): Golgi apparatusGolgi corpuscleGolgi internal reticulum - Synonym(s): Golgi apparatusGolgi osmiobichromate fixative - an osmic-bichromate mixture used to demonstrate nerve cells and their processes.Golgi stain - any of several methods for staining nerve cells, nerve fibers, and neuroglia.Golgi tendon organ - a proprioceptive sensory nerve ending embedded among the fibers of a tendon. Synonym(s): neurotendinous organ; neurotendinous spindleGolgi zone - part of the cytoplasm occupied by the Golgi apparatus.Golgi-Mazzoni corpuscle - an encapsulated sensory nerve ending.Holmgrén-Golgi canals - Synonym(s): Golgi apparatus