Rodent Brain matrices may also be found at www.myneurolab.com   under histology products on the marketplace menu.  We offer both plastic and metal versions.  One tip, score the surface with a razor blade to break membranes, then use a plastic monofilament, thinnest you can get, to actually do the cut. Like a cheese cutter, tissue does not stick to the blade and distort, and filament passes cleanly through.



Cordially,

Charles W.  Scouten, Ph.D.
myNeuroLab.com
5918 Evergreen Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63134
Ph: 314 522 0300  
FAX  314 522 0277
cwscouten@myneurolab.com
www.myneurolab.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Nick_Madary@hgsi.com [mailto:Nick_Madary@hgsi.com] 
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 9:11 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