Gallyas F
Histochemistry. 1982;74(3):409-21. doi: 10.1007/BF00493440.
Because there are several points of physico-chemical similarity between the argyrophil I reaction (formation of metallic silver grains by reducing groups of the tissue) and the argyrophil III reaction (formation of metallic silver grains by reducing groups existing in a dissolved state) a similarity between their mechanisms is also assumed. The electrochemical half processes of the argyrophil III reaction (i.e. the transformation of tissue-adsorbed reducing molecules into their oxidized form, and the reduction of silver ions to silver atoms) take place separately in space, while the electrons released in the former half reaction are transported by the semiconduction bands of the tissue to the catalytic points where the metallic silver grains are forming.
由于嗜银I反应（通过组织的还原基团形成金属银颗粒）和嗜银III反应（通过以溶解状态存在的还原基团形成金属银颗粒）之间存在几个物理化学相似点，因此也假定它们的机制相似。嗜银III反应的电化学半反应（即组织吸附的还原分子转化为其氧化形式，以及银离子还原为银原子）在空间中分别发生，而在前半反应中释放的电子通过组织的半导体带传输到形成金属银颗粒的催化点。
