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Laboratory Services

DCX and Cresyl Violet Staining Service
Staining Solution with FD Luxol Fast Blue Solution

FD NeuroTechnologies’ team of highly experienced laboratory technicians have helped hundreds of clients around the world - from academic institutions and federal laboratories to pharmaceutical companies. The team at FD NeuroTechnologies deliver guaranteed results with quick turnarounds and no costly mistakes. Quality, reliability, and efficiency are vital for us, which is why we offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee on our products and services.

What We
Offer

  • Tissue cryoprotection and freezing 

  • Embedding tissue in paraffin  

  • Sectioning tissues with cryostat, rotary microtome, or sliding microtome  

  • Nissl stain (thionin, cresyl violet, neutral red, methyl green, or custom stain)  

  • Hematoxylin & eosin stain  

  • Counterstain (cresyl violet, thionin, hematoxylin, neutral red,            methyl green, or custom stain)  

  • Custom stain

General Histology
  • Silver staining of free-floating sections with the                                FD NeuroSilver™ Kit II, de Olmos amino-cupric-silver technique, or Gallyas’s silver procedure  

  • Silver staining of paraffin-embedded sections with Bielschowsky’s Method  

  • Detection of neuronal apoptosis with the FD NeuroApop™ Kit  

  • Detection of DNA fragmentation with in situ nick translation technique  

  • Fluoro-jade B or C staining on mounted sections

Detection of Neurodegeneration
  • Antibody testing and titration  

  • Colorimetric immunostaining with one or two primary antibodies on free-floating or mounted sections

  • Immunofluorescence labeling with one, two, or three primary antibodies on free-floating or mounted sections

  • Immunogold labeling with one primary antibody on free-floating or mounted sections  

  • Immunogold and colorimetric double immunostaining on free-floating or mounted sections

Immunohistostaining
  • Golgi-cox staining with the                  FD Rapid GolgiStain™ Kit  

  • Timm's sulphide silver staining with the FD Rapid TimmStain™ Kit  

  • Detection of amyloid plaques with the FD NeuroSilver™ Kit II 

  • Luxol Fast Blue stain  

  • Perls method with DAB-cobalt intensification  

  • Other stains (Prussian blue,  Thioflavin S, Leuco-patent blue,      Oil red O, or custom stain)

Special Neurohistology
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