Serial sectioning of thick tissue with a novel vibrating blade microtome

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 302-307

  Prusky, Glen T ^a   McKenna, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Microscope; Microtome; Motor neurons; Spinal cord; Tissue section; Vibrating blade; Vibratome

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVICE; MICROTOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; THICKNESS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CARBOCYANINES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORESCENT DYES; FORELIMB; MICROTOMY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPINAL CORD; VIBRATION;

EID: 0032927634     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(98)00052-X     Document Type: Article

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