[Histonet] Cutting fresh "squishy" rat brain

[Gayle Callis]

What about holding brain in one of the rat brain matrices holders.  It 
allows holding the brain for precise slices, coronal 
orientation.  www.Myneurolab.com has these, for coronal, sagittal, and 
different age and size of rats.  You can cut as thin as 1 mm

At 10:38 AM 8/17/2004, you wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>
>I need to cut sections of fresh rat brain, in certain stereotactic 
>coordinates and then embed them in OCT.  Does anyone have any tips as to 
>how to do this without squashing the brain?  We are trying to cut coronal 
>sections of the brain to precisely expose a particular region, and we are 
>using a fresh disposable microtome blade to do the cuts, but the brain is 
>still very squishy when fresh and is very difficult to cut.   We are doing 
>LCM on these cryosections, so any type of fixation is out of the question.
>
>Kim Merriam
>Novartis
>Cambridge, MA
>
>
>Kim Merriam
>Novartis
>Cambridge, MA
>
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Gayle Callis
MT,HT,HTL(ASCP)
Research Histopathology Supervisor
Veterinary Molecular Biology
Montana State University - Bozeman
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