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Cerebellum Dissection

I posted yesterday on my dealings with laboratory mice. Some people have expressed curiosity about what I do with mice. I start with mutant mice with varying forms of a cerebellar disorder. After humanely terminating the mouse, I remove the cerebellum. I do lots of different experiments on these cerebella, mostly grinding up the tissue and performing various procedures on the cerebellar proteins.

Not for the faint of heart, perhaps, here is a video of me dissecting a mouse (which has already been humanely terminated):

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  1. Anonymous6:55 PM

    Dude, that's nasty.

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  2. A little, yes, but one gets used to it after the first few dozen.

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