A portable chamber for long-distance transport of surviving human brain slice preparations

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 233-236

  Kohling R ^a   Lucke A ^a   Straub, H ^a   Speckmann, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Epilepsy surgery; Human; Incubation chamber; Submersion; Transport

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 0030221270     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(96)00072-6     Document Type: Article

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