Combined implanted central venous access and cortical recording electrode array in freely behaving mice
Autor: | Gerhard Schneider, Matthias Kreuzer, Alp Altunkaya, Thomas Fenzl, Tom Happe, David Killing, David Peter Obert |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
External jugular vein access in the mouse
business.industry Science Clinical Biochemistry Intravenous Anesthetics Venous access Electrophysiology Medical Laboratory Technology Catheter Anesthetic Recording electrode Medicine Anesthesia EEG business External jugular vein medicine.drug Biomedical engineering Neuroscience Intravenous access |
Zdroj: | MethodsX, Vol 8, Iss, Pp 101466-(2021) MethodsX |
ISSN: | 2215-0161 |
Popis: | Establishing a long-lasting, functioning venous access in a non-anesthetized mouse is very challenging at least. Since we needed a reliable venous access to titrate intravenous anesthetics, we refined and combined previously described methods. The tunneling of the catheter from the cranial to the pectoral wound, the fixation of the catheter in the external jugular vein with two sutures, and a tissue adhesive allowed us to combine this method with the implantation of intracranial recording electrodes. With this approach we neither have to restrain the animal causing excessive stress nor do we need an additional anesthetic, interfering with the effects of the intravenous anesthetic. This approach can help to establish a greater understanding of the concept of consciousness by identifying the neural circuits which mediate the effect of intravenous anesthetics. In addition - due to the flexible design of the recording electrode array - our approach can also be applied to investigate further neuroscientific hypotheses.•Establishment of a reliable chronical venous access for the application in freely behaving mice.•The jugular venous access can be combined with all kinds of neurobiological recording and application designs.•The design of the venous access allows chronic combinations with telemetric and tether-bound systems. Graphical abstract Image, graphical abstract |
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