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  • Title: Manufacture and use of fused silica cannulas for intracerebral injections in freely moving rats.
    Author: Berger ML, Reither H, Schmid RW, Lassmann H.
    Journal: J Neurosci Methods; 1989 Apr; 27(3):225-34. PubMed ID: 2542695.
    Abstract:
    This report describes in detail the assembly and use of miniature cannulas for intracerebral injections in freely moving rats. Guide and injection cannulas were prepared from polyimid-coated fused silica capillaries as routinely in use for gas chromatography, in this way avoiding the permanent contact of stainless-steel with brain tissue. The outer diameter of the guide capillary measured 300 microns, that of the injection capillary 170 microns. In spite of their fragile appearance, the capillaries were robust and easy to handle. In the same animal, up to 20 consecutive injections were possible. In the course of 2 years 204 cannulas directed to the amygdala or the lateral ventricle were implanted, and only in 8 rats (4%) the inner capillary broke and plugged the guide cannula, making injections impossible. Histological examination of brains implanted for up to 2 months demonstrated only blunt scar formation along the cannula's track. No changes in transmitter levels (biogenic amines, amino acids) could be detected in chronically implanted rat brains except for a slight increase in serotonergic activity in the contralateral piriform cortex. Intra-amygdaloid injection of 0.32 microliters 0.9% saline resulted in a mild and transient reduction of GABA levels in both piriform cortices, without any detectable persistent histopathological consequences.
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