| Overview | Black-Gold?IIstainisanaurohalophosphatecomplexwhichstainsspecificallyformyelinwithinthecentralnervoussystem.Black-GoldIIstainingprovideshighresolution,highcontrast,ashorthistochemicalprocessingtime,andhighreproducibility.Black-GoldIIstainisanewandimprovedversionofitspredecessor,Black-Goldstain(discontinued).TheadvantagesofMillipore’sBlack-GoldIIoverBlack-GoldIstainarethatitismorereADIlysoluble,canbeutilizedatahigherconcentration,producesamoreuniformandconsistentstaining,takeslesstimetostain,anddoesnotrequirepost-stainingintensificationsteps. 
 TheuseofBlack-GoldIIstainistailoredtostudiesusingformalin-fixed,non-solventprocessedtissue.Thetechniquestainslargemyelinatedtractsdarkred-brown,whiletheindividualmyelinatedfibersappearblack.Thisnoveltracercanbeusedtolocalizebothnormalandpathologicalmyelin.Black-GoldIIstaincandemonstrateandcharacterizespecificmyelinchangesassociatedwithexposuretodiverseneurotoxicantsincludingkainicacid,methamphetamine,acrylamide,domoicacid,3-nitropropionicacid,Fluoro-Gold?tracerandisoniazid.
 
 BlackGoldIIPurity:Nodetectableamountofuncomplexedgoldwasfound.
 
 BlackGoldIIIllumination:Brightfieldordarkfield.
 
 BlackGoldIISolubility:Freelysolubleinwater,saline,ordiluteacids.
 
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