title: A removable peripheral device for intracerebral microinjection in freely moving rats.
abstract: This report describes an original, removable, peripheral device: a microinjector that injects a single dose of fluid chemical into a particular site in the brain of freely moving rats. The microinjector was constructed especially for simultaneous use with a microdrive for microelectrode recording of single neuron activity but can be utilized alone. The microinjector is simple, lightweight, small, and easy to operate and maintain.
authors.affiliation: A.A. Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine. volodya@nrc.uab.edu
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Prokopenko
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Shevko
authors.lastname: Voloshin MYa
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: West
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D004867:Equipment Design; D008839:Microelectrodes; D008845:Microinjections / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008904:Miniaturization; D051381:Rats