Neuro Models Facility Services & Fees
The Neuro-Models Facility (NMF) facilitates scientific research of nervous system function and enhances the development and testing of novel therapeutic strategies for the treatment of nervous system disorders.
Procedures are available for rodents (mice and rats). New and/or modified procedures can potentially be developed based on client interests. All procedures or services can be performed on a full-service basis by our expert staff, or we can train you how to perform the procedures or testing independently, and thereafter, the core resources can be used on a rental basis.
Please remember to acknowledge your usage of our facility resources in your publications using our established Research Resource Identifier code anywhere in your methods or acknowledgements: RRID: SCR_022529. This is critical for us to maintain support for the core.
Surgical Approaches
Surgical approaches to model production and assessment.
- Stroke
- tMCAo (transient middle cerebral artery occlusion model) -- mouse only
- PT (photothrombotic model) -- mouse only
- TTC metabolic staining (acute assessment of stroke lesion volume)
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- TBI-CCI (controlled cortical impact model)
- TBI-CH (closed head noninvasive impact model)
- Stereotaxic injection (ICI or ICV) of neuro-tracer, virus, drug, cell suspension, etc.
- Osmotic minipump implant (sq or sq+intracranial cannula)
- CSF collection (terminal)
- Electrode implantation for e-phys recordings (EEG, EMG) -- mouse only
Fees
- Surgical Procedures
Service Fee (UTSW user) Unit tMCAo, 60 min $284 each animal tMCAo, sham $109 each animal pMCAo (filament placement only) $124 each animal PT-laser $156 each animal PT-laser, sham (full) $140 each animal PT-laser, sham (anes + RB) $18 each animal TBI-CCI (skull open) $226 each animal TBI-CCI (sham) $202 each animal TBI-CCI (sham) $202 each animal Stereotaxic injection, x1 (any agent) $180 each animal S-tax injection, additional (same animal, new track) $63 each animal S-tax injection, additional (same animal, same track) $46 each animal Minipump implant, sq $46 each animal Minipump implant, sq+brain $202 each animal CSF collection, rat, non-survival $94 each animal CSF collection, mouse, non-survival $70 each animal Telemetry implant - EEG/EMG (DSI) $234 each animal Generic (new) surgery procedure variable please inquire
Behavioral Testing of Sensorimotor Functions
- Rotorod test
- Grip strength test
- Ladder walk test (with manual video scoring)
- Cylinder test
- Corner test -- mouse only
- Forelimb reach-and-retrieve task -- rental use only
- Pole test
Fees
- Core-performed Behavioral Testing
Category Fee (UTSW user) Unit Behavior, core performed, plus equipment rental fee $79 hourly
EEG Recording
In vivo electrophysiological recording (EEG, EMG), including chronic or acute, with time-synchronized video.
Fees
- EEG Recording
Category Fee (UTSW user) Unit EEG Recording - DSI system - self-use $20 hourly EEG Recording - TDT system - self-use $27 hourly EEG Recording - DSI system - per day per animal, core-performed $20 flat EEG Recording - setup/takedown fee for multi-day, core-performed $79 hourly
Additional service areas
- Rental Usage (self-use)
Category Fee (UTSW user) Unit Surgery station usage (access granted after training) $31 hourly Behavior station usage (access granted after training) $24 hourly Resource Rental $15 per day - Miscellaneous
Category Fee (UTSW user) Unit Hourly core performed service charge, generic $31 hourly Procedure training by core staff $24 hourly Facility orientation by core staff $15 per day