Articles by Hassiba Beldjoud in JoVE

Rodent Stereotaxic Surgery and Animal Welfare Outcome Improvements for Behavioral Neuroscience

JoVE 3528 1/30/2012

Raquel V. Fornari¹, Romy Wichmann¹, Piray Atsak¹, Erika Atucha¹, Areg Barsegyan¹, Hassiba Beldjoud¹, Fany Messanvi¹, Catriene M.A. Thuring², Benno Roozendaal¹

¹Department of Neuroscience, Section Anatomy, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, ²Animal Welfare Office, University of Groningen

Stereotaxic surgery on rodents allows for targeted administration of drugs or electrical stimulation and recordings in awake, behaving animals. In this video presentation we will demonstrate recent procedural refinements to this long-standing procedure that successfully improved survival rate and reduced post-surgical weight loss.