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Aoshiba K & Nagai A (2007). Chronic lung inflammation in aging mice. FEBS Lett. 581(18), 3512-6. PMID: 17628550. DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.06.075.

Brayton CF, Treuting PM & Ward JM (2012). Pathobiology of aging mice and GEM: background strains and experimental design. Vet Pathol. 49, 85-105. PMID: 22215684. DOI: 10.1177/0300985811430696.

Klopfleisch R (2013). Multiparametric and semiquantitative scoring systems for the evaluation of mouse model histopathology--a systematic review. BMC Vet Res. 9, 123. PMID: 23800279. PMCID: PMC3693904. DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-123.

Ladiges W, Ikeno Y, Liggitt D & Treuting PM (2013). Pathology is a critical aspect of preclinical aging studies. Pathobiol Aging Age Relat Dis. 3, 22451. PMID: 23970952. PMCID: PMC3749367. DOI: 10.3402/pba.v3i0.22451.

Sundberg JP, Berndt A, Sundberg BA, Silva KA, Kennedy V, Bronson R, Yuan R, Paigen B, Harrison D & Schofield PN (2011). The mouse as a model for understanding chronic diseases of aging: The histopathologic basis of aging in inbred mice. Pathobiol Aging Age Relat Dis. 1. PMID: 22953031. PMCID: PMC3417678. DOI: 10.3402/pba.v1i0.7179.

Treuting PM & Pettan-Brewer C (2011). Practical pathology of aging mice. Pathobiol Aging Age Relat Dis. 1. PMID: 22953032. PMCID: PMC3417704. DOI: 10.3402/pba.v1i0.7202.

The Atlas of Mouse Development
Authors: Matthew H. Kaufman
Publishers: Elsevier Science, 1992
ISBN: 0124020356, 9780124020351

A Color Atlas of Sectional Anatomy of the Mouse
Authors: Takamasa Iwaki, Hiroshi Yamashita, Toshiyuki Hayakawa
Publishers: Braintree Scientific, Inc.
ISBN: 4900659584, 4885006295

An Atlas of Histology
Authors: Shu-Xin Zhang
Publishers: Springer Science and Business Media, 2013
ISBN: 0387217606, 9780387217604

DiFiore's Atlas of Histology with Functional Correlations
Authors: Victor P. Eroschenko, Mariano S. H. di Fiore
Publishers: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013
ISBN: 1451113412, 9781451113419

Histology: A Text and Atlas
Authors: Michael H. Ross, Lynn J. Romrell, Gordon I. Kaye
Publishers: Williams & Wilkins, 1995
ISBN: 0683073699, 9780683073690

The House Mouse: Atlas of Embryonic Development
Authors: Karl Theiler
Publishers: Springer, 1972
ISBN: 3540059407, 9783540059400

Human Histology
Authors: Alan Stevens (MRCPath.), James Steven Lowe
Publishers: Elsevier/Mosby, 2005
ISBN: 0323036635, 9780323036634

The Laboratory Mouse
Authors: Peggy J. Danneman, Mark A. Suckow, Cory Brayton
Publishers: Taylor & Francis, 2000
ISBN: 0849376270, 978084937627

Manipulating the Mouse Embryo
Authors: Brigid Hogan, Rosa Beddington, Frank Costantini, Elizabeth Lacey
Publishers: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1994
ISBN: 0879693924, 9780879693923

Pathology of the Mouse: Reference and Atlas
Authors: Robert R. Maronpot, Gary A. Boorman, Beth W. Gaul
Publisher: Cache River Press, 1999
ISBN: 1889899038, 9781889899039

Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease
Authors: Vinay Kumar, Abul K. Abbas, Jon C. Aster
Publishers: Elsevier Health Sciences, 2014
ISBN: 0323296351, 9780323296359

Reference Guides

Research Tools

Technique Tutorials

  • Frozen Section Technique (Pathology Innovations)
  • Frozen Section Preparation (The Lab Rat)
  • Improving tissue-sample profiling: The optimization and application of immunohistochemistry (ScienceMag.org)
  • Mammary Cancer in Humans and Mice: A Tutorial for Comparative Pathology (UC Davis)
  • Preparation of FFPE Tissues for IHC (Elsevier)
  • Using Unfixed, Frozen Tissues to Study Natural Mucin Distribution (Jove.com)

Center for Veterinary Sciences and Comparative Medicine
Website: http://vetsciences.ucsd.edu/service/
Veterinary Pathologist: (858) 534-8860 or kgosborn@ucsd.edu
Diagnostic Services Laboratory: (858) 534-4264 or cyost@ucsd.edu, nrgardner@ucsd.edu

Transgenic Mouse Core
Website: https://medschool.ucsd.edu/research/moores/shared-resources/transgenic-core/Pages/default.aspx

Electron Microscopy Facility
Website: http://emcore.ucsd.edu/TEM.html
Timo Meerloo, Core Director: (858) 534-5324 or tmeerloo@ucsd.edu

Tissue Technology Shared Resource (formerly known as Histology and Immunohistochemistry Core)
Website: https://medschool.ucsd.edu/research/moores/shared-resources/biorepository/Pages/Histology-and-Immunohistochemistry.aspx

Microscopy Core
Website: https://medschool.ucsd.edu/som/neurosciences/research/microscopy-core/Pages/default.aspx

Core Microscopy Facility (at The Scripps Research Institute)
Website: https://www.scripps.edu/science-and-medicine/cores-and-services/microscopy-core/index.html

Histology Shared Resource (at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute)
Website: https://www.sbpdiscovery.org/biomedical-research/shared-resources/histology
Guillermina Garcia, Facility Manager: (858) 646-3100 ext. 3566 or ggarcia@SBPdiscovery.org

Microscopy and Histology Core Facilities (at La Jolla Institute for Immunology)
Website: https://www.lji.org/faculty-research/scientific-cores/microscopy-histology/
Rates and Online Request Form: https://www.lji.org/faculty-research/scientific-cores/microscopy-histology/#rates