RE: Rodent or primate brain matrices
What
you are talking about is a brain matrix, they come in different sizes depending
on the rodent (rat, mouse). Single edge safety razors fit into the
slots. Ours is metal and came from ASI Instruments, the last phone
number I have is 810-756-1222. Electron Microscopy
Sciences sells acrylic matrices but I have never used one. Their
number is 800-523-5874 . I would suggest a good brain atlas so
your pathologist can determine exactly what area/orientation he or she
wants to see. Then it will take a little trial and error and
practice to be consistent when you gross in the tissue and embed
it. I would suggest lightly notching the brain before grossing so that
you have an orientation reference. It also helps the person reading
the slides. In our case we were looking for an injection
site.
Gina Sennello
OSI
Pharmaceuticals
Boulder CO
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From: Nick_Madary@hgsi.com
[mailto:Nick_Madary@hgsi.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 8:11
AM
To: histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
Subject: Rodent or
primate brain matrices
My Path-o-logist has aked me to
purchase and optimize a procedure using the little mold that hold a standard
animal brain, with these little slots you can cut through certain parts of the
brain(freehand) and then take those sectionjs and use for FFPA or frozens.
Looks like one of the boiled egg slicer type things. Anyone in
histoland have experience, an SOP, or a source regarding this? This is
new to this old histotech. Thanks.
Nick Madary HT/HTL(ASCP)QIHC
Histology Supervisor, Human Genome Sciences, Inc
Rockville, MD 20850
301.610.5790 x3537
Nick_Madary@hgsi.com
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