Overview
Charles River offers neurological surgical procedures in rat, mouse, and guinea pig models at our AAALAC-accredited production facilities in North America. Our experienced animal surgeons can perform cannulations and other surgical alterations to provide you with the exact rodent models you need for your research.
Available Procedures
- Bilateral Brain Cannulation
- Bilateral Superior Ganglion Denervation
- Chronic Constriction Injury (CCI) of Sciatic Nerve
- Intracisternal Cannulation
- Intralateral Ventricular Cannulation
- Intralateral Ventricular Cannulation for Pump Connection
- Intrathecal Cannulation (for infusion only)
- Microdialysis Probe Implantation
- Olfactory Bulbectomy
- Parkinson’s Model (Chemical 6-OHDA)
- Schizophrenia/Epilepsy Model
- Spinal Nerve Ligation (SNL)
- Superior Cervical Ganglion Denervation
- Unilateral Brain Cannulation
- 3rd Ventricular Brain Cannulation
* Procedures may be combined with a vascular catheter procedure.
Technical Resources
- Characterization of Parkinson Model: Cellular Loss Following Unilateral Lesion of the Substantia Nigra with 6-OHDA
- Evaluation of Longevity of Intracerebroventricle Cannulation (IVC) in Rats and Mice
- Brain Cannulation Handling Instructions
- Intracisternal Cannulation Handling Instructions
- Intrathecal Catheterization Handling Instructions