Microscopic images showing the fibro- and cytoarchitecture demarcating the border between the dentate gyrus and CA3 in domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) (v2)

This dataset from domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) consists of a selection of bright-field microscopic images of thionin- and Timm-thionin-stained horizontal brain sections and Golgi-stained sections cut perpendicular to the long axis of the isolated hippocampus together elucidating part of the fibro- and cytoarchitecture of the hippocampal formation. The thionin-staining shows blue cell somata while the Timm-staining in addition exhibits the darkly stained zinc-containing axonal terminals that occur scattered throughout the entire length of both the main mossy fibres and their collaterals. Golgi-impregnated sections, that were cut transverse to the long axis of the isolated hippocampus, feature the morphology of randomly stained cell bodies and dendrites, as well as unmyelinated axons, including mossy fibres and their collaterals. This combination of staining methods provides cyto- and fibroarchitectonic features suitable for exploring the microscopic architecture and localizing the border between the dentate gyrus and cornu Ammonis 3 in pig.