TheStainlesSteelZivicAdultMouseBrainSlicerMatrixwith500micronSAGITTALsectionsliceintervalsaidsresearchscientistsinthedissectionofdiscreteregionsoftheadultmousebrain.Withitsanatomicallyproportioneddimensionsandslicechannels,thismousebrainmatrixallowsaninvestigatororresearchscientisttoconsistentlyslicesagittalsectionsofamousebrain,enablingpreciseblockingpriortomicrotomesectioningortheremovalofsmall,reproduc
IBLebrainregions(i.e.discreteterminalfieldsornuclei)forbiochemicalanalysis,suchasthedeterminationofneurotransmitterandmetaboliteconcentrations.Individualbrainareasmaybeeitherdissectedormicropunchedfromtheslicesformed.
***PreviouslylistedascatalogcodeBSMS005-2,BSMS005.2,BSMS05.2,orBSMS0052
KEYFEATURES:
-Sliceintervalsspaced500microns(0.5mm)apart
-UsethismatrixtosectionthemousebrainintoSAGITTALsliceswiththicknessesinincrementsof0.5mm
-Designedtoaccommodateforuniqueanatomicalfeaturesofthemousebrain,includingadjacentolfactory/spinaltissue
-Includeacentralsagittalslicechannel,allowingthebraintobesplitintoleftandrighthemispheres
-Usewithfreshorpreservedbraintissue
-Autoclavableanddesignedforlong-termuse
-Matricesofanygiventypeareidenticaltoinsurereproduciblesections
-Comesreadytouse,with50doubleedgerazorbladesprovidedatnoadditionalcost
-Madefromhigh-gradestainlesssteel
USESINCLUDE:
-Dissection/BlockingofthemousebrainintoSAGITTALsections(orleftandrighthemispheres)
-SectioningthemousebrainpriortoorpoststainingwithagentsincludedTTCorX-Gal-Stain
-Repeatedisolationofmousebrainregionsforfurtheranalysisorslidepreparation
-Tissuepreparation