## Chapter 17/Figure 2.JPG Back | Home | Next | Standard histological stains verify potential lesion sites identified in MRM scanned rat brain hemisphere. A rat brain from an animal 48 hr post domoic acid injection is scanned using MRM. A slice with potential lesions is identified. This is compared to a section from a control rat in a similar region of the brain. Sections are cut from the scanned brain around the identified site and then stained using conventional histological stains. These stains verify that there is significant neuronal loss in the amygdala, typical for domoic acid treatment. A total of 7 stains were required to identify all of the potential lesion sites observed in the MRM scans. In this figure, two lesions are identifiable, in the cortex and the cortical cell layer of the amygdalla. The stains necessary to identify these pathologies are included.