Stereotaxic Neurosurgery in Laboratory Rodent Handbook on Best Practices /

• Main Authors: Ferry, Barbara (Author), Gervasoni, Damien (Author), Vogt, Catherine (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Paris : Springer Paris : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Neurosurgery.; Surgery.; Animal models in research.; Neurobiology.; Biomedicine.; Animal Models.

Stereotaxic neurosurgery in rodents is used by a variety of people working at research laboratories (research staff, technicians, students at animal facilities...). The present handbook presents all the steps necessary to complete a stereotaxic neurosurgery protocol in accordance with current animal...

Table of Contents:

• Regulatory and Ethical Considerations
• Elements of Descriptive Neuroanatomy
• Elements of Functional Neuroanatomy: The Major Neurotransmitter Systems
• Stereotaxic Approach of a Target Structure
• Preparation of the Stereotaxic Surgical Procedure
• Post-mortem examination of animals.