Tests and Assays: Morphology

Morphology

• Confocal microscopy
• Double Fluorescent labeling
• Electron microscopy (to examine cellular changes)
• Golgi staining (to examine dendritic branching, synaptic density, and terminal sprouting)
• Histological evaluation (cryostat, microtome, vibratome)
• Neuron and glia counting, using stereological techniques
• Myelin staining and fiber counting
• Retrograde and anterograde tracing with fluorescent dyes (to examine axon sprouting)