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Volume 53 Issue 2, February 2024

3D printing of a murine MRI platform

Positioning and maintaining small animals for imaging over time requires a means to secure the head, maintain the animal's body temperature and facilitate delivery of anesthesia if needed. A new Article describes an open-source, customizable 3D printable cradle design that can be used for brain imaging in awake mice and anesthetized mice and rats.

See Yaghmazadeh et al.

Cover image: Alex Whitworth. Cover design: Alex Whitworth

Volume 53 Issue 2

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Protocol Review

  • IACUCs need to ensure the application of the 3Rs, while allowing researchers to conduct their work with reasonable flexibility. We invited experts from the University of Notre Dame (Eric Felde) and Northwestern University (Stefanie Bittner), along with USDA and OLAW representatives (Louis DiVincenti and Axel Wolff) to respond to a challenging situation at Great Eastern University.

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    • Axel Wolff
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