Rodent stereotaxic surgery and animal welfare outcome improvements for behavioral neuroscience

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 59, 2012, Pages 1-4

  Fornari, Raquel V ^a   Wichmann, Romy ^a   Atsak, Piray ^a   Atucha, Erika ^a   Barsegyan, Areg ^a   Beldjoud, Hassiba ^a   Messanvi, Fany ^a   Thuring, Catriene M A ^b   Roozendaal, Benno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cannula implantation; Issue 59; Neuroscience; Rat; Refinement; Stereotaxic surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857021689     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3528     Document Type: Article

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