Technique for collecting cerebrospinal fluid in the cisterna magna of non-anesthetized rats

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 109-114

  Consiglio, Angelica Rosat ^a   Lucion, Aldo Bolten ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Cisterna magna; Non anesthetized adult pup rat

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CISTERNA MAGNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAMPLING; SYRINGE; TECHNIQUE; WAKEFULNESS;

AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; LACTATION; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 0034052344     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(99)00062-8     Document Type: Article

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