Implantation of Optoelectronic Devices in the Rodent Spinal CordShahriar Shalileh *1,2, Adan Moallemi *1,2, Brianna Tsuyuki 1,2, Aiden A. P. Simard 2, Dena Shahriari 1,2,3,4
1School of Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, 2International Collaborations on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), 3Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, 4Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems, University of British Columbia
This protocol details a surgical procedure for performing spinal cord surgery and for implanting and securing an optical shank over the spinal cord in rodents.