Why don't you try immersing the sections for 1-2 seconds in saturated aqueous
picric acid?
René J.
--- On Wed, 6/22/11, Nicole Cosenza wrote:
From: Nicole Cosenza
Subject: [Histonet] need a counter stain for esterase and silver stained slides
To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
I have recently stained some muscle tissue with bromoindigo and
urea-silver to examine the neuromuscular junction. The nerve axons and
endplates stain quite well this way, but I'd like to add some color to
the slide for picture-purposes. Is there a good counterstain (eosin, or
Biebrich scarlet
