Tissue Slicer: Cortical & Hippocampal
The MX-TS tissue slicer consistently slices sectioned cortical or hippocampal tissue to either a 200-, 300-, or 400-μm thickness in a straightforward operation. Thicknesses are selected by simply replacing the lead screw on the frame winder. This style of tissue slicer ensures consecutive slices of the specifically sectioned area.
The MX-TS tissue slicer comes complete with an instructional video, frame winder, frame accelerator, 4 frames, 100 clamping wires, 1000 feet of 20-μm tungsten wire, and 20 Petri dishes.
Summary of Operation
- Select the thickness of the tissue to be sliced.
- Wind two sets of slicing frames using the frame winder.
- Mount the pre-wound slicing frames in the guillotine slicer mechanism.
- Set tissues on a bed of agarose at the base of the slicer.
- Release the trigger.
- Release the frame and return the slicer to its top position.
- Remove the sample plate and the sliced tissue is floated off in a buffer bath.
