A rapid method for the regional dissection of the rat brain

Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 1980 Sep;13(3):453-6. doi: 10.1016/0091-3057(80)90254-3.

Abstract

A method is described for the rapid dissection of seventeen areas of the rat brain. Regions from fresh unfrozen brain tissue are dissected from coronal brain slices obtained with use of a cutting block. This method is applicable to pharmacological and behavioral studies which require the dissection of numerous brains during short time intervals.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brain / anatomy & histology*
  • Brain Chemistry
  • Dissection / methods
  • Dissection / veterinary*
  • Dopamine / metabolism
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / metabolism
  • Norepinephrine / metabolism
  • Rats / anatomy & histology*

Substances

  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Dopamine
  • Norepinephrine