Ultimate Guide on Neuronal or Brain Slice Electrophysiology

What is Brain Slice? Electrophysiology refers to studying the electrical properties of biological cells and tissues. Thus, brain or neuronal electrophysiology pertains to a branch of electrophysiology that deals with measuring electric current or voltage changes in one neuronal cell, a brain slice, or the whole brain. The methodology was first introduced by Yamamoto and […]

Preservation Techniques: Methods for Preserving Tissue Slices

Are you looking for Slice Electrophysiology Solutions Click Here Tissue slices are viable tissue sections used as in vitro representatives of their originating tissues or organs for metabolic studies, including live-cell imaging, electrophysiological analysis, and pharmacological studies. Theoretically, slices of tissue or organ are immediately used for their intended examinations. However, this is not usually […]

DIY: Testing fiber specimens by dye stripping

Introduction A stripping (Bleaching) dye test is commonly used in forensic labs for removing dyes from the colored fiber specimen. The presence of dyes interferes with fabric testing, so they must be stripped before dyeing tests. This test also helps us in identifying the characteristics of questioned fiber specimen.  Each fiber reacts differently with stripping […]

What Is A Brain Slice? Everything To Know About A Brain Slice

Introduction Today, we all — biologists or not — have an idea about how the brain functions. The advanced techniques and lab procedures have made the knowledge accessible and unlocked many mysteries related to brain functioning. One such procedure is brain slicing. It’s a process in which parts of the brain are divided using advanced […]

Types of Tissue Slice Techniques for Slice Preparation

Tissue slices are sections of tissue cut from larger pieces or extracted organs and treated in a medium to gain insights into the working of the originating tissue or organ. Unlike sections for histological studies, tissue slices for metabolic studies are not fixed and preserved. Rather, they are prepared immediately after the excision or after […]

Principle, Technique & Types of ELISA Assay

What is ELISA? ELISA is short for enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.[1] It’s an analytical biochemical assay used to study antibodies, glycoproteins, peptides, proteins, and hormones. A solid-phase enzyme immunoassay (EIA) in this assay is used to detect the targeted protein in a liquid sample using targeted antibodies. The antigens are attached to the surface, and the […]

Electrophysiology Chambers: How To Examine Tissue Slices

What Are Electrophysiology Chambers? Electrophysiology chambers are designed to study tissue electrophysiology in preclinical research. These chambers can be used for tissue slices in neuropharmacological and toxicological animal models in preclinical research, especially in rodents like rats and guinea pigs. Electrophysiological recordings can be taken simultaneously from tissue slices using electrophysiology chambers, which allows researchers […]

Vibrating Microtomes: What They Are & Their Applications

What are Vibrating Microtomes? Before the tissue slicers, scientists had to manually cut biological materials with their tools, which required meticulous work for great precision. With the invention of the tissue slicers, mainly the microtomes (from the Greek mikros, meaning “small,” and temnein, meaning “to cut”), biological specimens such as sensitive tissues, brain slices, and […]

Cardiac Electrophysiology: How to Setup a Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab

Are you looking for Slice Electrophysiology devices for your lab? Click here Electrophysiology Lab: Definition Electrophysiology labs are centers that provide care for people having arrhythmias (heart rhythm disorders) or neural disorders.[1] Thus, the lab is split into cardiac electrophysiology and neural electrophysiology labs. Electrophysiology labs perform electrophysiology studies. In a heart condition, the heart’s […]