title: [Small guillotine to obtain reproducible coronal sections from rat brain].
abstract: In order to study the morphology and function of central catecholaminergic and peptidergic neurons, it is necessary to obtain reproducible brain sections from several animals. We describe here a cutting machine for sectioning unfixed brains in frontal planes. This versatile guillotine gives a high degree of repeatability in sectioning brains of different animals in defined frontal planes.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D008722:Methods; D008867:Microtomy; D009474:Neurons / Q000032:analysis; D010455:Peptides / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D010455:Peptides
vernacular_title: Apparecchio a ghigliottina per ricavare sezioni coronali riproducibili dal cervello di ratto.