This protocol both visually communicates the brainstem-spinal cord preparation and clarifies the preparation of brainstem transverse slices in a comprehensive step-by-step manner. It was designed to increase reproducibility and enhance the likelihood of obtaining viable, long lasting, rhythmically-active slices for recording neural output from the respiratory regions of the brainstem.
Palahnuk, S. B., Abdala, J. A., Gospodarev, V. V., Wilson, C. G. Preparation of Rhythmically-active In Vitro Neonatal Rodent Brainstem-spinal Cord and Thin Slice. J. Vis. Exp. (145), e58870, doi:10.3791/58870 (2019).