I just received the following from a former undergrad student of mine,
currently a new grad student at another university. When I did my last
stereotaxic lesion (30 years ago) I remember that there was can alternative
but 1)my memory could be faulty and b)it might have turned out to be less
accurate, etc. than the traditional ear bars.
> I am going to be using a stereotaxic (is this how it is said) for a
> lesion study. I observed another member of her lab doing a
> similar procedure (I will be looking at a different area of the brain).
> Anyway, when he inserted the bars into the rats ears he destroyed the
> eardrums of the rat and claimed that this was normal. Is this necessary?
> I
> would like to avoid this if possible. Do you have any suggestions.
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