Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell 1 article published in JoVE Neuroscience Rapid Golgi Stain for Dendritic Spine Visualization in Hippocampus and Prefrontal Cortex Maya Frankfurt1,2, Rachel Bowman2 1Department of Science Education, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, 2Department of Psychology, Sacred Heart University The protocol describes a modification of the rapid Golgi method, which can be adapted to any part of the nervous system, for staining neurons in the hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex of the rat.
