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  1. At least four distinct blue cationic phthalocyanine dyes sold as “alcian blue” raises the question: what is alcian blue?

    Article • Biotechnic & Histochemistry, January 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John A Kiernan

  2. Certification procedures used by the Biological Stain Commission for eriochrome cyanine R (C.I. 43820, Mordant blue 3)

    Article • Biotechnic & Histochemistry, April 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John A Kiernan

  3. Revised tests and standards for Biological Stain Commission certification of alcian blue dyes

    Article • Biotechnic & Histochemistry, February 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John A Kiernan

  4. 3D vessel-wall virtual histology of whole-body perfused mice using a novel heavy element stain

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  5. Fluorescence microscopy in life sciences

    Article • Journal of Histotechnology, September 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John A Kiernan

  6. Progressive haemalum (alum-haematoxylin) stains the DNA, not nucleoprotein, in cell nuclei.

    Article • Biotechnic & Histochemistry, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John A Kiernan

  7. Formulation of a 70% ethanol fixative that preserves RNAs

    Article • Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry, March 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr John A Kiernan

  8. Editorial

    Article • Journal of Histotechnology, May 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John A Kiernan

  9. Improved stain for identifying anthrax bacilli

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, March 2013, Elsevier

    Dr John A Kiernan

  10. Editorial

    Article • Journal of Histotechnology, March 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John A Kiernan

  11. Certification procedures for sirius red F3B (CI 35780, Direct red 80)

    Article • Biotechnic & Histochemistry, March 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John A Kiernan

  12. Notes and Queries

    Article • Biotechnic & Histochemistry, May 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John A Kiernan

  13. Hematoxylin shortages: their causes and duration, and other dyes that can replace hemalum in routine hematoxylin and eosin staining

    Article • Biotechnic & Histochemistry, January 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John A Kiernan

  14. A special issue devoted to hematoxylin, hematein, and hemalum

    Article • Biotechnic & Histochemistry, January 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John A Kiernan

  15. Graduate Training and Education in Histotechnology and Histochemistry

    Article • Journal of Histotechnology, September 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John A Kiernan

  16. Defined numerical scores for quality of tissue and cell fixation for light microscopy.

    Article • Biotechnic & Histochemistry, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John A Kiernan

  17. Nuclear Stains

    Article • Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, July 2008, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr John A Kiernan

  18. Anionic Counterstains

    Article • Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, July 2008, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr John A Kiernan

  19. News from the Biological Stain Commission

    Article • Biotechnic & Histochemistry, January 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John A Kiernan

  20. Revised procedures for the certification of carmine (C.I. 75470, Natural red 4) as a biological stain

    Article • Biotechnic & Histochemistry, January 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John A Kiernan

  21. Indigogenic substrates for detection and localization of enzymes

    Article • Biotechnic & Histochemistry, January 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John A Kiernan

  22. Certification procedures for nuclear fast red (Kernechtrot), CI 60760

    Article • Biotechnic & Histochemistry, January 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John A Kiernan

  23. Histochemistry of Staining Methods for Normal and Degenerating Myelin in the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems

    Article • Journal of Histotechnology, January 2007, Maney Publishing

    Dr John A Kiernan

  24. Dyeing and other ways to stain cells and tissues for microscopy Link: https://goo.gl/5vbWkH

    Article • Coloration Technology, February 2006, Wiley

    Dr John A Kiernan

  25. Methods for microdissection and tissue processing.

    Article • Molecular Biotechnology, January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  26. Notes and queries

    Article • Biotechnic & Histochemistry, January 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John A Kiernan

  27. Hexazonium pararosaniline as a fixative for animal tissues

    Article • Biotechnic & Histochemistry, October 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John A Kiernan

  28. The E protein HEB is preferentially expressed in developing muscle

    Article • Differentiation, September 2004, Elsevier

    Dr John A Kiernan

  29. Notes and queries

    Article • Biotechnic & Histochemistry, January 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John A Kiernan

  30. Notes and queries

    Article • Biotechnic & Histochemistry, January 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John A Kiernan

  31. Permeation of proteins from the blood into peripheral nerves and ganglia

    Article • Neuroscience, April 1994, Elsevier

    Dr John A Kiernan

  32. Frontal lobe atrophy in motor neuron diseases

    Article • Brain, January 1994, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr John A Kiernan

  33. Anti-neurone antibodies are not characteristic of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Article • Neuroreport, April 1993, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr John A Kiernan

  34. Clinicopathological features of primary lateral sclerosis are different from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Article • Brain Research Bulletin, January 1993, Elsevier

    Dr John A Kiernan

  35. Changes in shapes of surviving motor neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Article • Brain, January 1993, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr John A Kiernan

  36. PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS: CLINICAL FEATURES, NEUROPATHOLOGY AND DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA

    Article • Brain, January 1992, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr John A Kiernan

  37. CHANGES IN SIZES OF CORTICAL AND LOWER MOTOR NEURONS IN AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS

    Article • Brain, January 1991, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr John A Kiernan

  38. Frozen Pre-embryos

    Article • JAMA, November 1990, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Dr John A Kiernan

  39. A circulating exogenous protein can enter enteric nervous tissue in the rat

    Article • Neuroreport, September 1990, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr John A Kiernan

  40. Neurogenic inflammation

    Article • Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, August 1990, Elsevier

    Dr John A Kiernan

  41. Sennosides do not kill myenteric neurons in the colon of the rat or mouse

    Article • Neuroscience, January 1989, Elsevier

    Dr John A Kiernan

  42. Intestinal anastomosis in the rat facilitated by a rapidly digested internal splint and indigestible but absorbable sutures

    Article • Journal of Surgical Research, November 1988, Elsevier

    Dr John A Kiernan

  43. Specific, selective, and complete staining of neurons of the myenteric plexus, using Cuprolinic blue

    Article • Journal of Neuroscience Methods, September 1987, Elsevier

    Dr John A Kiernan

  44. Pre-embryos

    Article • Nature, May 1986, Nature

    Dr John A Kiernan

  45. The action of chromium(III) in fixation of animal tissues

    Article • The Histochemical Journal, October 1985, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  46. Partial purification from mammalian peripheral nerve of a trophic factor that ameliorates atrophy of denervated muscle

    Article • Experimental Neurology, July 1985, Elsevier

    Dr John A Kiernan

  47. A conditioning lesion does not induce axonal regeneration in the optic nerve of the rat

    Article • Experimental Neurology, January 1985, Elsevier

    Dr John A Kiernan

  48. Effect of nerve extract on number of acetylcholine receptors in denervated muscles of rats

    Article • Experimental Neurology, January 1984, Elsevier

    Dr John A Kiernan

  49. Effect of nerve extract on atrophy of denervated or immobilized muscles

    Article • Experimental Neurology, June 1981, Elsevier

    Dr John A Kiernan

  50. Endoneurial vascular permeability in degenerating and regenerating peripheral nerves

    Article • Acta Neuropathologica, January 1981, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  51. Neurotrophic effects of sciatic nerve extract on denervated extensor digitorum longus muscle in the rat

    Article • Experimental Neurology, July 1980, Elsevier

    Dr John A Kiernan

  52. Vascular permeability associated with axonal regeneration in the optic system of the goldfish

    Article • Acta Neuropathologica, January 1980, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  53. Hypotheses concerned with axonal regeneration in the mammalian nervous system.

    Article • Biological Reviews, May 1979, Wiley

    Dr John A Kiernan

  54. Uptake and retrograde transport of proteins by regenerating axons

    Article • Acta Neuropathologica, January 1979, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  55. Recycling of osmium tetroxide in the laboratory

    Article • Journal of Microscopy, May 1978, Wiley

    Dr John A Kiernan

  56. Axonal regeneration in experimental allergic peripheral neuritis

    Article • Acta Neuropathologica, January 1978, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  57. An explanation of axonal regeneration in peripheral nerves and its failure in the central nervous system

    Article • Medical Hypotheses, January 1978, Elsevier

    Dr John A Kiernan

  58. Estimation of lengths of regenerated axons in nerves

    Article • Experimental Neurology, August 1977, Elsevier

    Dr John A Kiernan

  59. Recycling Procedure for Gold Chloride Used in Neurohistology

    Article • Stain Technology, January 1977, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John A Kiernan

  60. Effects of triiodothyronine on the normal and regenerating facial nerve of the rat

    Article • Acta Neuropathologica, January 1977, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  61. Cytochemical variation of mast cells in the skin of the rat

    Article • Archives of Dermatological Research, January 1977, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  62. Effects of triiodothyronine on protein synthesis in regenerating peripheral neurons

    Article • Experimental Neurology, September 1976, Elsevier

    Dr John A Kiernan

  63. Effects of aprotinin of organ cultures of the rat’s kidney

    Article • In Vitro, March 1976, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  64. Evidence for the involvement of vasoactive constituents of mast cells in axon reflex vasodilatation in the skin of the rat

    Article • Archives of Dermatological Research, January 1976, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  65. Degranulation of dermal mast cells: Effects of fixation and of antidromic nervous impulses on two histochemically identified cell-types

    Article • Archives of Dermatological Research, January 1976, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  66. Accelerated recovery from peripheral nerve injury in experimental hyperthyroidism

    Article • Experimental Neurology, July 1975, Elsevier

    Dr John A Kiernan

  67. The skin in magnesium-deficient rats

    Article • Archives of Dermatological Research, January 1975, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  68. Localization of ?-d-glucosyl and ?-d-mannosyl groups of mucosubstances with concanavalin A and horseradish peroxidase

    Article • Histochemistry and Cell Biology, January 1975, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  69. Action of aprotinin on the survival of adult cerebellar neurons in organ culture

    Article • Acta Neuropathologica, January 1975, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  70. Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis in the rat: Histopathological studies and the effects of sera on adult cerebellar organ cultures

    Article • Acta Neuropathologica, January 1974, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  71. Effects of metabolic inhibitors on vital staining with methylene blue

    Article • Histochemistry and Cell Biology, January 1974, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  72. Effects of insulin, triiodothyronine and corticosterone on organ cultures of the adult rat cerebellum

    Article • Acta Neuropathologica, January 1974, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  73. Complete Staining of Neuromuscular Innervation with Bromoindigo and Silver

    Article • Stain Technology, January 1974, Taylor & Francis

    Dr John A Kiernan

  74. Action of adenosine triphosphate on mast cells in normal and denervated skin

    Article • Archives of Dermatological Research, January 1974, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  75. Effects of aprotinin on organ cultures of the cerebellum of the adult rat

    Article • Experimental Neurology, June 1973, Elsevier

    Dr John A Kiernan

  76. Acceleration of peripheral nervous regeneration in the rat by exogenous triiodothyronine

    Article • Experimental Neurology, June 1973, Elsevier

    Dr John A Kiernan

  77. Fluorescent-labelled aprotinin: A new reagent for the histochemical detection of acid mucosubstances

    Article • Histochemie, March 1973, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  78. Aprotinin, a carbohydrate-binding protein

    Article • Histochemistry and Cell Biology, January 1973, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  79. Effects of known and suspected neurotransmitter substances and of some nucleotides on isolated mast cells

    Article • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, June 1972, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  80. Histochemical detection of the ?-D-arabinopyranoside configuration using fluorescent-labelled concanavalin A

    Article • Histochemistry and Cell Biology, January 1972, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  81. Enhancement of axonal regeneration in the brain of the rat by corticotrophin and triiodothyronine

    Article • Experimental Neurology, November 1971, Elsevier

    Dr John A Kiernan

  82. Organ culture of the central nervous system of the adult rat

    Article • Experimental Neurology, July 1971, Elsevier

    Dr John A Kiernan

  83. Effects of triiodothyronine on the cerebellar cortex of the new-born rat in tissue culture

    Article • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, June 1971, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  84. Silver staining of axons in subcellular fractions of nervous tissue

    Article • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, December 1970, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  85. Effect of interrupting retino-hypothalamic connections on the melanophore response inXenopus laevis

    Article • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, May 1968, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan

  86. Mast cells seen in the brain of the hedgehog

    Article • Nature, May 1966, Nature

    Dr John A Kiernan

  87. The fine structure of the infundibular process of the hedgehog

    Article • Cell and Tissue Research, January 1964, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr John A Kiernan