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Transgenic mouse models provide the opportunity to conduct feasible and practical research with the ability to precisely define the progression of neurodegenerative disease over a well-controlled dosage and timeline. The use of transgenic mouse models has been extensive and is critical to advancing research in many ways, including understanding brain morphology and general tissue changes caused by neurological diseases. Often, these studies require specific brain regions or other neurological tissues which may be difficult to obtain. Unfortunately, specific extraction and dissection protocols are few and far between, leading to inconsistent results and a lack of reproducibility. A well-defined protocol, for dissection and extraction, is instrumental for acquisition of reproducible experimental results. Five mouse-specific protocols are described here: brain extraction, brain microdissection, spinal cord extrusion, cerebral spinal fluid collection, and sciatic nerve dissection. 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