Bielschowsky stain

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The Bielschowsky technique is a silver impregnatiom method used in histochemistry for the visualization of nerve fibers,{{Cite book|title = Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice, Expert Consult - 40th Edition|url = https://archive.org/details/GraysAnatomy40thEd_201403|date = 2008-01-01|last = Susan Standring}} including multipolar interneurons in the cerebellum.{{cite journal |vauthors=Erickson-Davis CR, Faust PL, Vonsattel JP, Gupta S, Honig LS, Louis ED |display-authors=3|title="Hairy baskets" associated with degenerative Purkinje cell changes in essential tremor |journal=J. Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol. |volume=69 |issue=3 |pages=262–71 |date=March 2010 |pmid=20142764 |doi=10.1097/NEN.0b013e3181d1ad04 |pmc=2865233}}

The method is attributed to German neurologist and neurohistologist Max Bielschowsky (1869–1940),{{Cite journal|title = Max Bielschowsky (1869–1940)|journal = Journal of Neurology|date = 2014-10-28|issn = 0340-5354|pmc = 4363476|pmid = 25346063|pages = 792–794|volume = 262|issue = 3|doi = 10.1007/s00415-014-7544-z|language = en|first = F. W.|last = Stahnisch}}{{cite book | title = Gray's Anatomy- The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice, Expert Consult- 40th Edition }}{{cite journal | title = Pioneers in Neurology | journal = Journal of Neurology | volume = 262 | issue = 3 | pages = 792–794 | doi = 10.1007/s00415-014-7544-z| pmid = 25346063 | pmc = 4363476| year = 2014 | last1 = Stahnisch | first1 = F. W. }} who made improvements over the previous method developed by Ramon y Cajal (1852–1934).{{cite web | last = Enersen | first = Ole Daniel | author-link = Ole Daniel Enersen | title = Max Bielschowsky | work = Who Named It | url = http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/907.html | access-date = 2009-05-31 }}