An inexpensive and reliable rat stereotaxic adaptor for small bird neurosurgery.
The present note describes the construction of a nose bar adaptor for small bird neurosurgery. The adaptor is simple, inexpensive and reliable, and has been used extensively in our laboratory investigating the neural mechanisms of food-caching in birds.
D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000601:surgery*; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000662:veterinary*