Stereotaxic Surgery Equiptment

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience
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Company:

Stoelting

Product Name:

Digital Dual Lab Standard with Mouse & Neonatal Rat Adaptor

Catalog Number:

51928

The goal of our laboratory is to understand the function of the cerebellum in health and disease. We frequently perform stereotaxic surgeries in mice to inject viruses that encode shRNAs against proteins involved in movement disorders or optogenetic actuators and/or to implant chronic recording and imaging devices.

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It is very difficult to stabilize the head with the plastic ear bars.

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The Good

Height of ear bars can be independently adjusted.

The Bad

It can be very difficult to stabilize the head.

The Bottom Line

This is piece of equipment is adequate. It takes a long time and a lot of practice to properly stabilize the head, but once that is done, you can perform precise injections in the mouse brain. It is less expensive than the Kopf brand frame, but does not perform quite as well in my experience.

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