A novel mounting device for attaching intracranial probes to the skull for use in experimental research models.
A simple mount capable of securely holding a variety of intracranial probes to the skull was constructed from commonly available clinical consumables. Using this device the cerebral cortical blood flow of preterm lambs was measured using a laser Doppler flow probe, and cerebral pH and cortical electrical impedance were measured in newborn piglets using pH electrodes and Ag/AgCl wire electrodes. In both studies, the mount held the various probes for periods up to 6 h with no dislodgement or probe failure. The simple mount presented here can be adapted to a wide variety of intracranial probes and will hold them securely to the skull.
Dunster
Kimble R
KR
Grantley Stable Neonatal Unit, Royal Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Davies
Mark W
MW
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000502:physiology; D017078:Laser-Doppler Flowmetry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012107:Research Design; D012756:Sheep; D012886:Skull; D013552:Swine