Manual microdissection has been used for decades [4, 5] and is typically performed with a dissecting microscope and a hand held device such as needle or scalpel, which typically limits accuracy to ...

The DG was quickly microdissected under a dissection microscope, minced with a scalpel, and transferred into a prewarmed papain solution (25 U/mL). The tissue was incubated at 37 °C for 30 min, after ...