The University of Toledo

Articles and Publications

Over the past 30 years several  researchers and educators have experimented with the technique of plastination. A Cumulative Index of publications on plastination was compile and created by Gille Grondin of  Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, Canada. Click the link to access the The Cumulative Index of Publications on Plastination.

Other Plastinattion articles: 

Baptista, C.A.C., Cerqueira, E.P., & Conran, P.B.  (1988) Impregnation of biological specimens with resins and elastomers:  Plastination with Biodur S10 resin.  Rev Bras Cienc Morfol 5(1):60-62.

Baptista, C.A.C. & Conran, P.B.  (1989) Plastination of the heart:  Preparation for the study of the cardiac valves.  J Intl Soc Plastination 3(1):3-7.

Baptista, C.A.C., Skie, M., Yeasting, R.A., Ebrahein, N., & Jackson, W.T.  (1989) Plastination of the wrist:  Potential uses in education and clinical medicine.  J Intl Soc Plastination 3(1):18-21.

Baptista, C.A.C., Bellm, P., & Pledge, M.  (1992)  The use of explosion proof freezers in plastination:  Are they really necessary?  J Intl Soc Plastination 6(1):34-37.

Skalkos, E., Williams, G. and Baptista, C.A.C.  (1999)  The E-12 Technique as an accessory tool for the  study of myocardial fiber structure analysis in MRI.  J Intl Soc Plastination  14(1):18-21.

Permanent Exhibit:

 “Imaging: The Tools of Science”, a permanent exhibit of plastinated cross-sections of a  human head and correspondent magnetic resonance images, housed in the Chicago  Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois. The exhibit sponsored  by Howard Hughes Medical Institute won a coveted award in 1993 from the American  Association of Museums. View images from the exhibit