title: Overview of Microwave Applications in the Neurosciences.
abstract: This paper gives an overview of Microwave Applications in the Neurosciences and introduces this issue of the Journal of Neuroscience Methods. Emphasis is laid on: temperature, hotspots, hazards and cycle times in the use of the microwave oven. Consequences of the tissue dimensions and masking of antigens are discussed. Special problems encountered are: bulk preparation of specimens, brain electron microscopy, cooling of specimens during microwaving and the combination of microwave techniques. The recent developments discussed are vacuum-microwave application for large brain specimens and antigen retrieval.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marani
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Horobin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008872:Microwaves; D009462:Neurology / Q000295:instrumentation*