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A device for the easy administration of volatile anesthetics to rats undergoing stereotaxic surgery

  • Columbia University

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Abstract

Conventional procedures do not provide a practical method for the administration of volatile anesthetics such as halothane to rats while they are undergoing stereotaxic surgery. This paper describes a device which meets this need and which is easy and inexpensive to construct. A two-piece cylinder cut from the mouth of a polyethylene bottle forms a closed system around the muzzle of a rat and does not interfere with the stereotaxic apparatus or with the operation itself. The cylinder is attached to any standard device for the dispension of volatile anesthetics. The immediate advantage is that behavioral assesaments can be made relatively soon after surgery.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)197-198
Number of pages2
JournalBehavior Research Methods
Volume4
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1972

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