Materials
| Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
| Stereotaxic apparatus | ASI Instruments | SAS-4100 | |
| Dissecting microscope | World Precision Instruments, Inc. | PZMIV-BS | |
| Scalpel handle | Fine Science Tools | 10003-12 | |
| Scalpel Blades #15 | Fine Science Tools | 10015-00 | |
| Microdrill | Fine Science Tools | 18000-17 | |
| Suture needle | Fine Science Tools | 12050-03 | |
| Spring scissors | Fine Science Tools | 16144-13 | |
| Dumont #5 forceps | Fine Science Tools | 11252-50 | |
| Hamilton syringe | Hamilton Co | 88400 | |
| Gauze sponges | Office Depot | 674889 | |
| Fluorochrome | Sigma-Aldrich | 39286 | |
| Alcohol | Sigma-Aldrich | 459844 | 70% |
| H2O2 | Sigma-Aldrich | H3410 | 3% |
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