Bielschowsky stain

Bielschowsky stain showing the processes of basket cells in the cerebellum.

The Bielschowsky stain, often abbreviated biel, is a stain used in neuropathology.

It can be used to highlight basket cells.[1]

It is named after Max Bielschowsky.

See also

References

  1. Erickson-Davis CR, Faust PL, Vonsattel JP, Gupta S, Honig LS, Louis ED (March 2010). ""Hairy baskets" associated with degenerative Purkinje cell changes in essential tremor". J. Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol. 69 (3): 262–71. doi:10.1097/NEN.0b013e3181d1ad04. PMC 2865233. PMID 20142764.