Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

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Neuroscience

Rapid Golgi Stain for Dendritic Spine Visualization in Hippocampus and Prefrontal Cortex

¹Department of Science Education, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, ²Department of Psychology, Sacred Heart University

The protocol describes a modification of the rapid Golgi method, which can be adapted to any part of the nervous system, for staining neurons in the hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex of the rat.