{"title":"An argyrophil III method for the demonstration of smooth muscle cells in light and polarization microscopy.","authors":"F Gallyas","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An esterification with n-butyl alcohol containing 0.5% sulphuric acid (at 56 degrees C, for 16 hours) followed by a treatment in a special physical developer renders smooth muscle cells as well as other contractile elements (striated muscle, cilia, flagella, myoepithel cells) visible in light microscope and birefringent in polarization microscope. A few kinds of non-contractile tissue components without oriented fibrillary structure also stain but do not display birefringence.</p>","PeriodicalId":76158,"journal":{"name":"Microscopica acta","volume":"84 2","pages":"139-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1981-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Microscopica acta","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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An esterification with n-butyl alcohol containing 0.5% sulphuric acid (at 56 degrees C, for 16 hours) followed by a treatment in a special physical developer renders smooth muscle cells as well as other contractile elements (striated muscle, cilia, flagella, myoepithel cells) visible in light microscope and birefringent in polarization microscope. A few kinds of non-contractile tissue components without oriented fibrillary structure also stain but do not display birefringence.