Kluver-Barrera Method for Myelin and Nerve Calls

Relation of nerve cells to neutroglia, etc.

Stain results:

Myelin, including phospholipids:   Blue to Green cells
Cells and Cell products:   Pink to Violet

References:

  • Kluver, H., and Barrera, E.: A method for the combined staining of cells and fibers in the nervous system. J. Nueropath. Exp. Neurol. 12:400 – 403, 1953
  • AFIP, Lab Methods in Histotechnology, ed. Edna B. Prophet, Bob Mills. Jacquelyn B. Arrmyl, Leslie H. Sobin, M.D. Wash, D.C. American Registry of Pathology, c. 1992, p. 94-95.
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