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Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Medicine

Facial Nerve Axotomy in Mice: A Model to Study Motoneuron Response to Injury

Deborah N. Olmstead^1,2, Nichole A. Mesnard-Hoaglin³, Richard J. Batka^1,2, Melissa M. Haulcomb^1,2, Whitney M. Miller^1,2, Kathryn J. Jones^1,2

¹Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, ²Research and Development Services, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, ³Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Illinois, Chicago

We present a surgical protocol detailing how to perform a cut or crush axotomy on the facial nerve in the mouse. The facial nerve axotomy can be employed to study the physiological response to nerve injury and test therapeutic techniques.

Behavior

The Participant-Reported Implementation Update and Score (PRIUS): A Novel Method for Capturing Implementation-Related Data Over Time

Edward J. Miech^1,2,3,4,5, Nicholas A. Rattray^1,2,3,6, Dawn M. Bravata^1,2,3,5, Jennifer Myers^1,3, Teresa M. Damush^1,2,3,5

¹VA Precision Monitoring (PRIS-M) QUERI, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, ²William M. Tierney Center for Health Services Research, Regenstrief Institute, ³VA Health Services Research & Development Center for Health Information and Communication (CHIC), Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, ⁴Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, ⁶Department of Anthropology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

This protocol describes a novel method for collecting and analyzing data related to ongoing implementation called the Participant-Reported Implementation Update and Score (PRIUS). The PRIUS method allows for the efficient and systematic capture of data over time and from multiple viewpoints in healthcare settings.