Modified method for recording cortical and subcortical visually evoked potentials in the conscious rabbit with chronically implanted electrodes.
A modified stereotaxic surgical and implantation technique for animal EEG studies in rabbits is described. The use of a stereotaxic "socklet unit" with a minimum of operational equipment, high accuracy, simple handling, and good tissue compatibility permits the repetition of EEG studies in the same animal with a large number of electrodes and over a period of several months. For example for this technique an experimental arrangement for recording visually evoked potentials is described. The importance of a careful selection of the experimental animals, of maintaining constant test conditions, and of the selecting of test parameters as a prerequisite for assessing induced alterations is emphasized and discussed.
D000679:Amygdala / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000502:physiology; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology; D007034:Hypothalamus, Posterior / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011817:Rabbits; D012154:Reticular Formation / Q000502:physiology; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation; D013787:Thalamic Nuclei / Q000502:physiology; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000502:physiology