We describe a reliable and inexpensive method for placing injections of anatomical tracers into the brain of lower mammals. The pressure microinjecting system we developed is specifically designed to deliver very small amount of substances. The injecting portion of the system is relatively easy to assemble and can be repeatedly used for multiple experimental sessions. The system has been validated with experiments of multiple fluorescent retrograde tracing. In these experiments the populations of thalamo-cortical neurons were consistently labeled by the tracers injected bilaterally and symmetrically in the cortex of foetal and neonatal rats.

A simple pressure microinjecting system for delivery of small substances volumes to the brain. Application to the developmental study of thalamo-cortical projections in foetal and neonatal rats / SBRICCOLI A; CARRETTA D; SANTARELLI M; PINTO F; GRANATO A; D. MINCIACCHI. - In: BRAIN RESEARCH PROTOCOLS. - ISSN 1385-299X. - STAMPA. - 3:(1999), pp. 257-263. [10.1016/S1385-299X(98)00047-6]

A simple pressure microinjecting system for delivery of small substances volumes to the brain. Application to the developmental study of thalamo-cortical projections in foetal and neonatal rats.

PINTO, FRANCESCO;MINCIACCHI, DIEGO
1999

Abstract

We describe a reliable and inexpensive method for placing injections of anatomical tracers into the brain of lower mammals. The pressure microinjecting system we developed is specifically designed to deliver very small amount of substances. The injecting portion of the system is relatively easy to assemble and can be repeatedly used for multiple experimental sessions. The system has been validated with experiments of multiple fluorescent retrograde tracing. In these experiments the populations of thalamo-cortical neurons were consistently labeled by the tracers injected bilaterally and symmetrically in the cortex of foetal and neonatal rats.
1999
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SBRICCOLI A; CARRETTA D; SANTARELLI M; PINTO F; GRANATO A; D. MINCIACCHI
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