MUROMACHI MICROWAVE FIXATION SYSTEM Prior to analyses of •Acetylcholine •Choline •Cyclic AMP •Cyclic GMP •GABA •DOPA • 5-HTP •Serotonin •Endorphin •Catecholamines and their metabolites •Prostaglandin • Phosphorylated Proteins • Glycogen MUROMACHI KIKAI CO., LTD.

INTRODUCTION In neurochemical studies of the brain, it is of great importance to accurately measure neurochemical events in vivo. However, it is difficult to perform reproducible and meaningful measurement of these events because rapid post-mortem changes occur in the brain concentrations of several metabolites and some neurotransmitters. Therefore, various techniques have been developed to prevent post-mortem changes. One of the more common method is cooling or freezing by immersion of the living animal and the decapitated head in liquid Nitrogen or cooled Freon to inactivate enzymes involved...

New Features 1. All control of the instrument is through the Touch Panel Display located on the front panel. 2. Exposure conditions can be set digitally. Example: Mouse of 28g: 5kW 0.94sec Rat of 300g: 5kW 1.40sec 3. Switching power supply has been employed in order to comply with line voltage fluctuation problem. Transformer is no longer required. When ordering, please specify either 3-Phase 190-240V 30amp or 380-440V 20amp. 4. As an eco-friendly air-cooling method is employed, water is no longer required. 5. Very compact and lightweight. The instrument net weight is only 103kg, less than half...

APPLICATOR HEAdI the standard system COMES SUPPLIED WITH: Water-Jacketed Animal Holders Rat Holder Mouse Holder MUROMACHI KIKAI CO., LTD. 4-2-1 Nihonbashi-Muromachi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 103-0022 JAPAN TEL+81-3-3241-2444