hemibrain

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noun

Either half of the vertically dissected brain

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounhemibrain (plural hemibrains)

plural hemibrains

  1. Either half of the vertically dissected brain

    One hemibrain was snap frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at -80°C before further Western blot, while the other hemibrain was fixed in paraformaldehyde (4% for 24 h and 2% for additional 2–14 days) at 4°C followed by dehydration and embedding in paraffin.

    2015 August 1, “Ablation of CCAAT/Enhancer-Binding Protein Delta (C/EBPD): Increased Plaque Burden in a Murine Alzheimer’s Disease Model”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

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