Species: Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758    Aves

Preparation Type: 60-100 µm thick celloidin sections

Prepared: D.K. Obukhov

Description: Series of frontal sections through the telencephalon of a chaffinch, stained after Goldgi silver impregnation method.

Method: Golgi method of silver impregnation of nervous elements

Method Description: The Quick Golgi 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

Description: A fragment of the mesopallium (M) - a region in the pallium of the telencephalon of a chaffinch. The image shows a neuron that belongs to radial neurons of the Class I allodendritic type. Such neurons are rare in the pallium. They are characterized by weakly developed branching of the dendrites and small number of spines. Glial cells - astrocytes - are visible among the neurons. Dark spots on the image - unspecific silver sediment. Small blood vessels are also stained.

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

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