Stress-free microinjections in conscious rats

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-207

  Zaretsky, Dmitry V ^a   Zaretskaia, Maria V ^a   Rusyniak, Daniel E ^a   DiMicco, Joseph A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal surgery; Conscious rat; Microinjection; Stress free

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MICROINJECTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRESS;

ANIMALS; CATHETERIZATION; CATHETERS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TACHYCARDIA; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 79960248267     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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