I would suggest you call Leonid Moroz at the UF Whitney Lab, 904-461-4020, [email protected], and Google Scholar some of his papers. He does single cell electrophysiology. While he may not be able to help you with staining, much of what he does sounds, at first blush, much like your interest. You should also Google "Invitrogen" and learn some about fluorescent cell staining. If you do any fluorescent microscopy, be religious about eye protection, unless you wish to have your lenses surgically replaced due to early cataracts! Furthermore, you should research PubMed for the many publications there regarding staining neurons for a host of reasons.