Nissl Cortex (Cresyl Violet) T-Shirt

Consider the Nissl stain. One of the earliest glimpses into that magnificent and infuriating organ, the brain. It made a career for Brodmann, and got others thinking about the cortical column, a fundamental principle of cortical organisation that persists to this day. A Nissl stain can delineate neurons from glia, and healthy neurons from sick. It made possible stereotaxic atlases and the stereotaxic surgery that requires them. It shows us the terrible cellular forest Neuroscience is tasked to explain. Big shot histologists will snarf derisively as they adjust their pince-nezzes with stained fingers, what with their antibodies and fluorescent labels and transsynaptic tracers, but for LabKitty's money the humble Nissl stain is pound-for-pound the most illuminating microscopic technique ever invented. Not coincidentally, it is also one of the few staining techniques LabKitty can get to work with any regularity. Nissl stain of a transverse section of cortex. Design based on a public domain image. Customisable. Available in Neutral Red, Cresyl Violet, white, and black.