 Microtomy
"Microtomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The technique of using a microtome to cut thin or ultrathin sections of tissues embedded in a supporting substance. The microtome is an instrument that hold a steel, glass or diamond knife in clamps at an angle to the blocks of prepared tissues, which it cuts in sections of equal thickness.
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D008867
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.500.620.530 E01.370.225.750.600.530 E05.200.500.620.530 E05.200.750.600.530
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| Concept/Terms |
Microtomy- Microtomy
- Thin Sectioning
- Sectioning, Thin
- Sectionings, Thin
- Thin Sectionings
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| 1984 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Microtomy" by people in Profiles.
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Canela VH, Bledsoe SB, Lingeman JE, Gerber G, Worcester EM, El-Achkar TM, Williams JC. Demineralization and sectioning of human kidney stones: A molecular investigation revealing the spatial heterogeneity of the stone matrix. Physiol Rep. 2021 01; 9(1):e14658.
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Morales AG, Stempinski ES, Xiao X, Patel A, Panna A, Olivier KN, McShane PJ, Robinson C, George AJ, Donahue DR, Chen P, Wen H. Micro-CT scouting for transmission electron microscopy of human tissue specimens. J Microsc. 2016 07; 263(1):113-7.
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Kasthuri N, Hayworth KJ, Berger DR, Schalek RL, Conchello JA, Knowles-Barley S, Lee D, Vázquez-Reina A, Kaynig V, Jones TR, Roberts M, Morgan JL, Tapia JC, Seung HS, Roncal WG, Vogelstein JT, Burns R, Sussman DL, Priebe CE, Pfister H, Lichtman JW. Saturated Reconstruction of a Volume of Neocortex. Cell. 2015 Jul 30; 162(3):648-61.
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Tapia JC, Kasthuri N, Hayworth KJ, Schalek R, Lichtman JW, Smith SJ, Buchanan J. High-contrast en bloc staining of neuronal tissue for field emission scanning electron microscopy. Nat Protoc. 2012 Jan 12; 7(2):193-206.
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Leinninger GM, Opland DM, Jo YH, Faouzi M, Christensen L, Cappellucci LA, Rhodes CJ, Gnegy ME, Becker JB, Pothos EN, Seasholtz AF, Thompson RC, Myers MG. Leptin action via neurotensin neurons controls orexin, the mesolimbic dopamine system and energy balance. Cell Metab. 2011 Sep 07; 14(3):313-23.
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Tretiakova M, Hart J. Laser microdissection for gene expression study of hepatocellular carcinomas arising in cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic livers. Methods Mol Biol. 2011; 755:233-44.
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MacLean JN, Fenstermaker V, Watson BO, Yuste R. A visual thalamocortical slice. Nat Methods. 2006 Feb; 3(2):129-34.
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Schmidt DT, Dent G, Rühlmann E, Muñoz NM, Leff AR, Rabe KF. Studying human airway pharmacology in microsections: application of videomicrometry. Eur Respir J. 2002 Jun; 19(6):991-6.
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Schneider JW, Jordaan HF, Geiger DH, Victor T, Van Helden PD, Rossouw DJ. Erythema induratum of Bazin. A clinicopathological study of 20 cases and detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in skin lesions by polymerase chain reaction. Am J Dermatopathol. 1995 Aug; 17(4):350-6.
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Bartlett TQ, Vannier MW, McKeel DW, Gado M, Hildebolt CF, Walkup R. Interactive segmentation of cerebral gray matter, white matter, and CSF: photographic and MR images. Comput Med Imaging Graph. 1994 Nov-Dec; 18(6):449-60.
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