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On December 2nd, 2009 we began slicing the brain of the amnesic patient H.M. into giant histological sections.

The brain specimen was frozen and sectioned whole during one continuous session that lasted approximately 53 hours. The procedure was (re)designed for the safe collection of all tissue slices brain and for the acquisition of blockface images throughout the entire block.

The procedure will mark the completion of Phase 1 which will include ex vivo MR-imaging, blockface imaging, tissue slicing and cryogenic storage of all histological sections.

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 14:19 — tboadmin
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Fri, 04/20/2012 - 07:23 — Anonymous (not verified)

My Classes Loved This!

While substituting at Miami Killian High, in Miami, we read the Dec., 3rd 2009 New York Times article "Dissection Begins on Famous Brain". I then went online to show the students this proceedure. They loved seeing this; and, it added so much to our reading class! Thank you so much!



Tue, 08/07/2012 - 19:24 — Anonymous (not verified)

I worked at the home where

I worked at the home where Henry lived at the end of his life. He was able to communicate normally, you could have a casual conversation and not know anything was different about him. At first I thought he was just forgetful like the other residents often were.



Wed, 08/08/2012 - 11:08 — jannese

Please contact the lab

..it would be nice to have a chat about your personal experience with Mr. Molaison.

Sincerely,

Jacopo Annese




Fri, 05/03/2013 - 12:16 — Anonymous (not verified)

section thickness?

How thick did you cut the sections and were they stored separately and in order?



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