Cutting of living hippocampal slices by a highly pressurised water jet (macromingotome)

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Bingmann, D ^a   Wiemann, M ^a   Speckmann, E J ^b   Kohling R ^b   Straub, H ^b   Dunze, K ^c   Wittkowski, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c 22453   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chopping technique; Electrophysiology; Hippocampal slice; Histology; Infrared microscopy; Pressurised water jet

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; DEVICE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUOROMETRY; GRANULE CELL; GUINEA PIG; HIPPOCAMPUS; MACROMINGOTOME; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMAL; GUINEA PIGS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROTOMY; NEURONS; PRESSURE; RATS; TISSUE CULTURE; WATER;

EID: 0034668201     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(00)00268-5     Document Type: Article

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