bielschowsky stain bielschowsky stain the bielschowsky technique is a silver staining method used in histochemistry for the visualization of nerve fibers, including multipolar interneurons in the cerebellum. bielschowsky silver stain showing the processes of basket cells in the cerebellum. the method is attributed to german neurologist and neurohistologist max bielschowsky (1869–1940), who made improvements over the previous method developed by ramon y cajal (1852–1934).