Microtomy
"Microtomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Microtomy" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Microtomy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Microtomy" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Dragan AL, Voth DE. Take my breath away: studying pathogen invasion of the human lung using primary tissue models. Pathog Dis. 2021 03 31; 79(4).
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Urbano FJ, Bisagno V, Mahaffey S, Lee SH, Garcia-Rill E. Class II histone deacetylases require P/Q-type Ca2+ channels and CaMKII to maintain gamma oscillations in the pedunculopontine nucleus. Sci Rep. 2018 09 03; 8(1):13156.