Splitting of the umbilical cord
A demonstration of the technique used when separating the umbilical artery and vein of a mouse placenta of any age. All animal experiments have been conducted in accordance with the National Institutes of Health Animal Use Guidelines and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at The University of Southern California. Full protocol described in:
Nick Goeden & Alexandre Bonnin. Ex vivo perfusion of mid-to-late-gestation mouse placenta for maternal-fetal interaction studies during pregnancy
Nature Protocols 8, 66--74 (2013) doi:10.1038/nprot.2012.144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nprot.2012.144