A simple method for the verification of a successful cannulation of the rat cerebral ventricles.
A simple and inexpensive method for the cannulation of the cerebral ventricles of the rat is described. The required tools consist of a stereotaxic instrument, a standard steel injection cannula and a polyethylene tube.
D000818:Animals; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000502:physiology; D011312:Pressure; D051381:Rats