J.A. Kiernan. Histological and Histochemical Methods: Theory and Practice. 5th edition, Scion Publishing, 2015, 571 pp.

Abstract

4th ed. 1. Introduction to microtechnique -- 2. Fixation -- 3. Decalcification and other treatments for hard tissues -- 4. Processing and mounting -- 5. Dyes -- 6. Histological staining in one or two colours -- 7. Staining blood and other cell suspensions -- 8. Methods for connective tissue -- 9. Methods for nucleic acids -- 10. Organic functional groups and protein histochemistry -- 11. Carbohydrate histochemistry -- 12. Lipids -- 13. Methods for inorganic ions -- 14. Enzyme histochemistry: general considerations -- 15. Hydrolytic enzymes -- 16. Oxidoreductases -- 17. Methods for soluble organic compounds of low molecular weight -- 18. Metal reduction and precipitation methods -- 19. Immunohistochemistry -- 20. Miscellaneous data.