Micro-dissection of rat brain for RNA or protein extraction from specific brain region.

J Vis Exp

Laboratory of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Anatomy, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Published: February 2009

Micro-dissection of rat brain into various regions is extremely important for the study of different neurodegenerative diseases. This video demonstrates micro-dissection of four major brain regions include olfactory bulb, frontal cortex, striatum and hippocampus in fresh rat brain tissue. Useful tips for quick removal of respective regions to avoid RNA and protein degradation of the tissue are given.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2565859PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3791/269DOI Listing

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