The inactivation of rodent brain enzymes in vivo using high-intensity microwave irradiation

• Published in: Proceedings of the IEEE Vol. 68; no. 1; pp. 155 - 159
• Main Authors: Meyerhoff, J.L., Lenox, R.H., Brown, P.V., Gandhi, O.P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.01.1980
• Subjects: Animals; Biochemistry; Electromagnetic heating; Frequency; Impedance matching; In vivo; Microwave theory and techniques; Monitoring; Rodents; Stability

Exposure to high-intensity microwave irradiation is being widely used in neurobiology as a technique for simultaneously sacrificing animals and inactivating brain enzymes, thereby eliminating postmortem artifacts in many heat-stable substrates such as acetylcholine, L-DOPA, gamma aminobutyric acid,...