"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.
| Descriptor ID |
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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Microtomy" by people in Profiles.
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Modla S, Mendonca J, Czymmek KJ, Akins RE. Identification of neuromuscular junctions by correlative confocal and transmission electron microscopy. J Neurosci Methods. 2010 Aug 30; 191(2):158-65.
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Rui H, LeBaron MJ. Creating tissue microarrays by cutting-edge matrix assembly. Expert Rev Med Devices. 2005 Nov; 2(6):673-80.
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LeBaron MJ, Crismon HR, Utama FE, Neilson LM, Sultan AS, Johnson KJ, Andersson EC, Rui H. Ultrahigh density microarrays of solid samples. Nat Methods. 2005 Jul; 2(7):511-3.