Golgi's method
（重定向自Golgi method）
![Drawing by Camillo Golgi of a hippocampus stained with the silver nitrate method](/Images/godic/202501/15/Golgi_Hippocampus5534.jpg")
![Drawing of a Purkinje cell in the cerebellum cortex done by Santiago Ramón y Cajal, clearly demonstrating the power of Golgi's staining method to reveal fine detail](/Images/godic/202501/15/Purkinje_cell_by_Cajal5535.png")
![A human neocortical pyramidal neuron stained via Golgi technique. Notice the apical dendrite extending vertically above the soma and the numerous basal dendrites radiating laterally from the base of the cell body.](/Images/godic/202501/15/GolgiStainedPyramidalCell5535.jpg")
Golgi's method is a silver staining technique discovered by Italian physician and scientist Camillo Golgi (1843–1926) in 1873 that is used to visualize nervous tissue under light microscopy. It was initially named the black reaction (la reazione nera) by Golgi, but it became better known as the Golgi stain or later, Golgi method.