<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=windows-1257" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18854"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>pasiskaitinejus "FAQ for Scientist" skyreli, pernelyg optimistiskai nenuteikia:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>"Although much interest has attended the cryopreservation of immature neurons for subsequent therapeutic intracerebral transplantation, there are no reports on the cryopreservation of organized adult cerebral tissue slices of potential interest for pharmaceutical drug development. We report here the first experiments on cryopreservation of mature rat transverse hippocampal slices. Freezing at 1.2 degrees C/min to -20 degrees C or below using 10 or 30% v/v glycerol or 20% v/v dimethyl sulfoxide yielded extremely poor results. Hippocampal slices were also rapidly inactivated by simple exposure to a temperature of 0 degree C in artificial cerebrospinal fluid (aCSF). This effect was mitigated somewhat by 0.8 mM vitamin C, the use of a more "intracellular" version of aCSF having reduced sodium and calcium levels and higher potassium levels, and the presence of a 25% w/v mixture of dimethyl sulfoxide, formamide, and ethylene glycol ("V(EG) solutes"; Cryobiology 48, pp. 22-35, 2004). It was not mitigated by glycerol, aspirin, indomethacin, or mannitol addition to aCSF. When RPS-2 (Cryobiology 21, pp. 260-273, 1984) was used as a carrier solution for up to 50% w/v V(EG) solutes, 0 degree C was more protective than 10 degrees C. Raising V(EG) concentration to 53% w/v allowed slice vitrification without injury from vitrification and rewarming per se, but was much more damaging than exposure to 50% w/v V(EG). <STRONG>This problem was overcome by using the analogous 61% w/v VM3 vitrification solution (Cryobiology 48, pp. 157-178, 2004) containing polyvinylpyrrolidone and two extracellular "ice blockers." With VM3, it was possible to attain a tissue K(+)/Na(+) ratio after vitrification ranging from 91 to 108% of that obtained with untreated control slices. Microscopic examination showed severe damage in frozen-thawed slices, but generally good to excellent ultrastructural and histological preservation after vitrification.</STRONG> Our results provide the first demonstration that both the viability and the structure of mature organized, complex neural networks can be well preserved by vitrification. These results may assist neuropsychiatric drug evaluation and development and the transplantation of integrated brain regions to correct brain disease or injury."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>reziume - uzsaldyt iseina su nedideliais nuostoliais(tipo), bet atsilus nieko nelieka.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>"bzik" <</FONT><A href="mailto:bzik@bzik.bzik"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>bzik@bzik.bzik</FONT></A><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> wrote in message </FONT><A href="news:hjphf2$aqc$1@trimpas.omnitel.net"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>news:hjphf2$aqc$1@trimpas.omnitel.net</FONT></A><FONT size=2 face=Arial>...</FONT></DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> sakyciau brangiai parduodama iliuzija. Jei jie atgaivintu gyvenimui pries koki desimtmeti uzsaldyta kuneli, gal butu itikinamiau. <BR>> asmeniskai nei amzinam gyvenimui, nei atsigaivinimui po simto metu nematau prasmes :) isivaizduok 19a 60-meti siandieninej aplinkoj. Gal prie kazko sugebetu adaptuotis, bet visumoj liktu antrarusiu padaru aplinkiniu pajuokai. O gal po pirmo pasimaitinimo desra su E kojas pakratytu :)<BR>> <BR>> "Necris" <</FONT><A href="mailto:abc@def.aef"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>abc@def.aef</FONT></A><FONT size=2 face=Arial>> wrote in message </FONT><A href="news:hjpg23$899$1@trimpas.omnitel.net"><FONT size=2 face=Arial>news:hjpg23$899$1@trimpas.omnitel.net</FONT></A><FONT size=2 face=Arial>...<BR>>> $80.000 uz galva, $150.000 uz visa kuna. Ka manot?:)<BR>>> MKN, ideja pakankamai moksliskai pagrista ir isvystyta,<BR>>> kad butu galima tiketis kazkokiu rezultatu (jei nebankrutuos<BR>>> po poros simtu metu:)<BR>></FONT></BODY></HTML>