The work was supported by grants from NIH/NINDS (NS054883), Craig H. Neilsen Foundation (280072), and the Veterans Administration and Canadian Spinal Research Organization. We thank the Rat Resource and Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, for providing GFP rats.
Materials
Table of Specific Materials/Equipment:
Reagents
Company
Catalogue
Comment
Fibrinogen (rat)
Sigma
F6755-25MG
2 hr at 37oC to dissovle
Thrombin (rat)
Sigma
T5772-100UN
Dissovle in 10 mM CaCl2
1% Terg-A-Zyme
Sigma
Z273287
Enzymatic solution for telemeter cleaning
Fluorogold
Fluorochrome
Dissovle in distilled water and avoid light
Telemeter (PA-C40)
Data Sciences International
Telementric recording and analysis system
Data Sciences International
Signal stimulator, Data Exchange Matrix, receivers, Ambient pressure reference monitor
Hou, S., Blesch, A., Lu, P. A Radio-telemetric System to Monitor Cardiovascular Function in Rats with Spinal Cord Transection and Embryonic Neural Stem Cell Grafts. J. Vis. Exp. (92), e51914, doi:10.3791/51914 (2014).