Isolation of Oxytocin Receptor-Rich Nuclei from a Neonatal Rat Brain

Source: Klein, B. Y. et al., Assessing Cellular Stress and Inflammation in Discrete Oxytocin-secreting Brain Nuclei in the Neonatal Rat Before and After First Colostrum Feeding. J. Vis. Exp. (2018) This video demonstrates the isolation of oxytocin receptor-rich nuclei from the neonatal rat brain. Coronal slicing, followed by identification and precise punching of oxytocin receptor-rich brain nuclei, enables the effective extraction of oxytocin receptor-rich nuclei for further analysis.