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From: Kennita Watson <>
Subject: Re: We probably can learn a lot
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:23:32 -0800

I'm confused.  They use both liquid nitrogen and a lot
of electricity, and keep the samples at dry ice
temperature.  ??!?

Live long and prosper,
Kennita

> From: "Basie" <>
> We probably can learn a lot from them.

> <we dissect it into 16 coronal slices, subdivide them into
> smaller blocks, and place each into liquid nitrogen" says Vonsattel,
> who is on call to process brains anytime they arrive at the
> bank. Each of the 18 blocks then maintains the integrity of  
> important brain
> regions, such as the superior frontal cortex, the anterior thalamus,
> and the cerebellum. The samples are wrapped in cellophane
> packets and kept at a temperature of negative 80-degrees Celsius.>
>
> http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol28/vol28_iss8/ 
> Pg-12-2808.pdf

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