[ExI] Fwd: About your "Open Letter on Brain Preservation"

samantha sjatkins at mac.com
Sun May 23 21:58:33 UTC 2010


Ben Zaiboc wrote:
> The petition states:
>
> "the synaptic connectivity between neurons can be preserved essentially perfectly by today’s chemical fixation and plastic embedding techniques"
>
> Does anyonw know if this is true?  And has it been demonstrated in a brain as large as ours?
>   

Could someone point me to information comparing its efficacy to 
cryogenic preservation? I thing cryogenic preservation should be part of 
the same petition. Pulling out only one method for achieving the ends 
desired and petitioning for it seems questionable.

- samantha




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