WORKSHOP:

CHRONIC INSTRUMENTATION IN CONSCIOUS SMALL ANIMALS

PLAN TO ATTEND -- STUDENTS WELCOME

Saturday, April 18, 2009, 1-3 PM
Convention Center Room to be announced

Organizers:
JR Haywood, PhD, Michigan State Univ.
Sue Mulroney, PhD, Georgetown Univ.

The goal of this workshop is to provide new and established investigators with technical and practical information to chronically instrument small animals. The increased awareness for understanding physiological and pharmacological responses in awake, behaving animals has grown with the development of new technologies. In this workshop, presentations will focus on technical aspects of surgical preparation, potential problems, and possible applications of various techniques. After a general overview, presentations will be given on the use of telemetry (Andrew King), fluid sampling (Gregory Fink), brain cannulation and sampling (Carrie Northcott), sympathetic nerve activity (Mark Knuepfer). This website will be updated with further information prior to the workshop. A question/answer period will complete the program.

TOPICS/SPEAKERS:

Fluid Sampling (pdf file)
Greg Fink, PhD
Michigan State Univ.
Fink References

Brain Cannulation and Sampling (pdf file)
Carrie Northcott, PhD
Michigan State Univ.

Telemetry (pdf file)
Andrew King, DVM
Michigan State Univ.

Sympathetic Nerve Activity (pdf file)
Mark Knuepfer, PhD
St. Louis Univ.
Abstract
Equipment list

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Additional information not presented at workshop:

Cardiac Output and Blood Flow (pdf file)
John Osborn, PhD
Univ. of Minnesota