The following are the services provided by the AP core. Click each of the categories below to learn more.
Training is also available for each of the services.
For questions about our services, contact Rebeccah Wood.
- Aortic banding (left heart failure)
- Bile duct ligation
- Bone marrow transplant
- Carotid artery ligation
- Coronary ligation (myocardial infarction)
- Craniotomy/intracranial injection
- Femoral artery ligation (hindlimb ischemia)
- Liver ischemia/reperfusion
- Nephrectomy, 5/6 (kidney failure)
- Orchiectomy
- Osmotic pump implantation
- Ovariectomy
- Pulmonary banding (right heart failure)
- Renal capsule implantation
- Splenectomy
- Vessel cannulation
- Xenografting
- Technical procedures (tail vein injections, IP injections, oral gavage, etc)
- Any new request considered
- Basic Echocardiography
- Image-Guided Injections
- Ultrasound in Femoral Artery
- Ultrasound in Carotid Artery
- 3D imaging
- Development of new imaging techniques
- Assisted data analysis
- Unassisted data analysis
AP Core provides Standard Protocols in surgeries and imaging (IACUC)
Here are available and upcoming protocols. You can see the current SOP in eIACUC.
- Rodent Ultrasound
- Bile Duct Ligation - Mouse
- Dorsal Skinfold Chamber - Mouse
- Heterotopic Heart Transplantation - Mouse
- Heterotopic Heart Transplantation - Rat
- Myocardial Infarction and Acute Ischemia/Reperfusion (LAD) - Rat
- Pulmonary Artery Banding - Rat
Click here to see steps on how to add the AP Core to your IACUC Protocol.
Meet the Team
David Archer, PhD
Scientific Director, Pediatric+Winship Flow Cytometry Core and Animal Physiology Core