Preparation

Frontal sections of the telencephalon hemispheres of a hooded crow Corvus cornix (Chordata, Aves)

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Collection 22

Collection
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SPSU-ODK-AVES-1-8

Species: Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758    Aves

Preparation Type: paraffin sections

Prepared: D.K. Obukhov

Description: Series of frontal sections through the telencephalon of a hooded crow, stained with toluidine blue after Nissl.

Method: toluidine blue

Method Description: The Nissl staining technique is described in detail in the handbook of microscopy methods: Mulisch, M., Welsch, U. Romeis - Mikroskopische Technik, 18. Auflage. - Heidelberg: Spektrum, 2010. - 568 p.

Institution: Saint Petersburg State University

 

 

 

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A fragment of a hemisphere of the telencephalon of a hooded crow Corvus cornix (Chordata, Aves). Subcortical region. Paleostriatum primitivum (PP).

Preparation

SPSU-ODK-AVES-1-8

Description: Cytoarchitecture of a part of the paleostriatum (PP) of a crow. One can see large neurons that are surrounded by glial cells (neuroglial comlex), as well as numerous small neurons and glia. A diffuse distribution of neurons is characteristic for this region of a hemisphere. Neuroglial associations are barely present.

Organs: сentral nervous system, cerebral brain or its part, neuron(s)

Methods: Standard histology - toluidine blue

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