A method to section the corpus callosum in the rat

DP Crowne, CM Richardson - Physiology & behavior, 1985 - Elsevier
DP Crowne, CM Richardson
Physiology & behavior, 1985Elsevier
A Method to Section the Corpus Callosum in the RaC Page 1 o Physiology & Behavior, Vol.
34, pp. 847-850. Copyright © Pergamon Press Ltd., 1985. Printed in the USA 0031-9384/85
$3.00 + .00 BRIEF COMMUNICATION A Method to Section the Corpus Callosum in the RaC
DOUGLAS P. CROWNE AND CLAUDETTE M. RICHARDSON Department of Psychology,
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3GI Received 8 May 1984 CROWNE,
DP AND CM RICHARDSON. A method to section the corpus callosum in the rat. PHYSIOL …
A simply constructed instrument and a surgical procedure are described for transecting the corpus callosum in the rat. The callosum can be cut in its entirety, or the cut can be limited to anterior or posterior halves. The procedure obviates lateralized incidental damage.
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