TheStainlessSteelZivicAdultMouseBrainSlicerMatrixwith2.0mmSAGITTALsectionsliceintervalsaidsresearchscientistsinthedissectionofdiscreteregionsoftheadultmousebrain.Withitsanatomicallyproportioneddimensionsandslicechannels,thismousebrainmatrixallowsaninvestigatororresearchscientisttoconsistentlyslicesagittalsectionsofamousebrain,enablingpreciseblockingpriortomicrotomesectioningortheremovalofsmall,reproduc
IBLebrainregions(i.e.discreteterminalfieldsornuclei)forbiochemicalanalysis,suchasthedeterminationofneurotransmitterandmetaboliteconcentrations.Individualbrainareasmaybeeitherdissectedormicropunchedfromtheslicesformed.
***PreviouslylistedascatalogcodeBSMS002-2,BSMS002.2,BSMS02.2,orBSMS0022
KEYFEATURES:
-Sliceintervalsspaced2.0mmapart
-UsethismatrixtosectionthemousebrainintoSAGITTALsliceswiththicknessesinincrementsof2.0mm
-Designedtoaccommodateforuniqueanatomicalfeaturesofthemousebrain,includingadjacentolfactory/spinaltissue
-Includeacentralsagittalslicechannel,allowingthebraintobesplitintoleftandrighthemispheres
-Usewithfreshorpreservedbraintissue
-Autoclavableanddesignedforlong-termuse
-Matricesofanygiventypeareidenticaltoinsurereproduciblesections
-Comesreadytouse,with10singleedgerazorbladesprovidedatnoadditionalcost
-Madefromhigh-gradestainlesssteel
USESINCLUDE:
-Dissection/Blockingofthemousebrainintosagittalsections(orleftandrighthemispheres)
-SectioningthemousebrainpriortoorpoststainingwithagentsincludedTTCorX-Gal-stain
-Repeatedisolationofmousebrainregionsforfurtheranalysisorslidepreparation
-Tissuepreparation