Improved technique for cutting brain slices.
When two disposable serological pipettes with an external diameter of 1 cm are placed on the cutting surface on either side of the brain and the knife rides across them, it will cut even slices precisely 1 cm thick. Both coronal and horizontal slices can be cut as well as oblique slices for comparison with computerized tomographic scan roentgenograms although for the latter the initial cut will have to be made freehand. For practical purposes, brain slices obtained by this simple technique are as good as those made with a mechanical jig or electric machine and are superior to those made freehand.
D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D006652:Histological Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans