Overview | Black-GoldIIisanaurohalophosphatecomplexwhichstainsspecificallyformyelinwithinthecentralnervoussystem.Black-GoldIIstainingprovideshighresolution,highcontrast,ashorthistochemicalprocessingtime,andhighreproducibility.Black-GoldIIisanewandimprovedversionofitspredecessor,Black-Gold(Cat#AG390).TheadvantagesofMillipore’sBlack-GoldIIMyelinStainingKitoverBlackGoldIarethatitismorereADIlysoluble,canbeutilizedatahigherconcentration,producesamoreuniformandconsistentstaining,takeslesstimetostain,anddoesnotrequirepost-stainingintensificationprocedures.
TheuseofBlack-GoldIIistailoredtostudiesusingformalin-fixed,non-solventprocessedtissue.Thetechniquestainslargemyelinatedtractsdarkred-brown,whiletheindividualmyelinatedfibersappearblack.Thisnoveltracercanbeusedtolocalizebothnormalandpathologicalmyelin.Black-GoldIIcandemonstrateandcharacterizespecificmyelinchangesassociatedwithexposuretodiverseneurotoxicantsincludingkainicacid,methamphetamine,acrylamide,domoicacid,3-nitropropionicacid,Fluoro-Goldandisoniazid.
TheBlack-GoldIIMyelinStainingKitalsocomeswithsodiumthiosulfateandcresylviolet.ThesodiumthiosulfatesolutionisrequiredforextractingexcessBlack-GoldIIstain.WhereasthecresylvioletisaNisslstainthatcolorscellbodiesabrilliantbluishhueandisusedasacounterstainwithBlack-GoldII.
BlackGoldIIPurity:Nodetectableamountofuncomplexedgoldwasfound.
BlackGoldIIIllumination:Brightfieldordarkfield.
BlackGoldIISolubility:Freelysolubleinwater,saline,ordiluteacids.
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