hemibrain

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hemi- +‎ brain

Noun[edit]

hemibrain (plural hemibrains)

  1. Either half of the vertically dissected brain
    • 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[1], →DOI:
      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.