Preparation

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

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Collection 22

Collection
Number

SPBSU-ODK_AVES-1-11

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 method 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

 

 

 

Series
of images

A fragment of a hemisphere of the telencephalon of a hooded crow Corvus cornix (Chordata, Aves). Cortical region. Dorsolateral corticoid plate (DLC).

Preparation

SPBSU-ODK_AVES-1-11

Description: The image shows a fragment of dorsolateral corticoid plate in a hemisphere the crows telencephalon. Large multipolar neurons (mn) do not form any distinct laminated structures. Numerous glial cells (g) and small blood vessels (c) are also visible. The corticoid plate in corvids is weakly developed.

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

Methods: Standard histology - toluidine blue

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