magnified 1 0 0 x, and stained with h & e ( hematoxylin and eosin ) staining ...

magnified 1 0 0 x, and stained with h & e ( hematoxylin and eosin ) staining technique, this light photomicrograph of brain tissue reveals the presence of prominent spongiotic changes in the cortex, and loss of neurons in a case of variant creutzfeldt - jakob disease ( vcjd ).