neurons and glia

Question 1

histology

Answer 1

the microscopic study of the structure of tissues

Question 2

nissl stain

Answer 2

basic dyes introduced by Franz Nissl to stain the nuclei of all cells and clumps of material surrounding the nuclei of neurons.

distinguishes neurons and glia from one another

enables histologists to study the arrangement (cytoarchitecture) of neurons in different parts of the brain