FIGURE 3.
Successive histologic images demonstrating consistent iron and microglia at the subiculum for 4 hippocampal specimens. Top row: representative magnetic resonance imaging virtual slices from each specimen. Successive rows: zoomed in histological sections. Single = 3,3′-diaminobenzidine (DAB)-iron (brown), double = DAB-iron (brown) plus CD163-microglia (blue), triple = DAB-iron (brown) plus CD163-microglia (blue) plus β-amyloid (red). Brightness, contrast, and color balance were adjusted homogeneously across each image to evenly emphasize iron deposits, microglia, β-amyloid deposits, and neurofibrillary tangles as well as neuropil threads. Figure from Zeineh et al. (2015).