RE: [Histonet] mouse perfusion rate
Someone I believe on Histonet a couple years ago told me the same thing. The perfusion circuit is compromised if you have fluid coming out the nose and internal organs swelling up... Merced --On Wednesday, March 31, 2010 4:14 PM -0700 Andrea T. Hooper andreahoo...@rocketmail.com wrote: Very interesting! Coming out the nose is definitely bad for any work I have done in the past - lungs get blown out, liver doesn't perfuse well and bone marrow looks horrific. However, if you are working with PFA and doing a post-fix anyway, you will probably be fine. If you are using GA and counting on the perfusion to ensure excellent fixation for things such as lacZ staining (b/c post-fix in GA never works well for bone or deep into tissues) then blowing it out the nose is bad. Very bad. Andrea --- On Mon, 3/29/10, charles.scou...@leica-microsystems.com charles.scou...@leica-microsystems.com wrote: From: charles.scou...@leica-microsystems.com charles.scou...@leica-microsystems.com Subject: RE: [Histonet] mouse perfusion rate To: lei...@buffalo.edu, saby_josep...@yahoo.com, mak...@ufl.edu, histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Monday, March 29, 2010, 6:26 PM I have perfused mice and rats at 300 mm Hg, about double physiological level, don't know what that made the flow rate. All mammals have the same blood pressure (within tolerances), so it is easier to select a suitable pressure to use than a flow rate, which varies dramatically. I look at brain, never pay any attention to the gut. Clear fluid comes out the nose, that is a good sign. There are pressure release valves across the cribiform plate to release CSF if there is too much. I am flooding the system, fluid coming out the nose means the extracellular fluid and CSF is being replaced as well as vascular blood. Good. The tissue is quality is excellent, free of red blood cells, can be unshrunk depending on the tonicity (should be sub isotonic) of the fixative fluid. Have looked at Nissl and EM material, no evidence of damage to the tissue. If gut is extended, might have something to do with the large intestines job of removing fluid from feces, and flooding the system swells the tissue. But does it matter? Do you use that tissue? What is the tissue quality if you use it after physiological pressure perfusion. Cordially, Charles W. Scouten, Ph.D Product Manager, MNL Biosystems Division Leica Biosystems Richmond, Inc. 5205 Route 12 P.O. Box 528 Richmond, IL 60071 United States of America Telephone 630 964 0501 facsimile +1 630 964 0576 www.MyNeuroLab.com http://www.myneurolab.com/ www.leica-microsystems.com http://www.leica-microsystems.com/ IMPORTANT - This email and any attachments may be confidential. Any retransmissions, dissemination or other use of these materials by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If received in error, please contact us and delete all copies. Before opening or using attachments, check them for viruses and defects. Our liability is limited to resupplying any affected attachments. [Any representations or opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual sender]. From: Merced M Leiker lei...@buffalo.edu [mailto:Merced M Leiker lei...@buffalo.edu] Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 9:05 AM To: Joseph Saby saby_josep...@yahoo.com; charles.scou...@leica-microsystems.com; mak...@ufl.edu; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] mouse perfusion rate Hi Joe, Thanks for that notice about flow rates. But I think for the mouse you meant 1-3mls/min (not per 10min?)... Regards, Merced --On Saturday, March 27, 2010 5:03 PM -0700 Joseph Saby saby_josep...@yahoo.com wrote: All- From previous work with rat perfusions, the flow rate was about 10 ml/minute. If I had to guess, the equivalent flow rate for a mouse would be closer to 1-3 mls/10 minutes. If you go 10 ml/minute, you will definitely cause blowout artefacts. Joe Saby, BA HT __ From: Merced M Leiker lei...@buffalo.edu To: charles.scou...@leica-microsystems.com; mak...@ufl.edu; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Fri, March 19, 2010 9:21:38 AM Subject: RE: [Histonet] mouse perfusion rate The vasculature will leak too much and the mouse will get bloated - you'll see it first in either the intestines blowing up like a balloon or fluid coming out of the nose. Just not the same as the heart pumping when the mouse is alive with intact physiology and normal functioning. Don't know exactly why, but that's what happens when you go too fast. Perhaps the vasculature has lost its control to compensate for the pressure? I'm not a physiologist so I'm not sure why...maybe someone on the Histonet can answer that? Regards, Merced --On Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:49 PM -0500 charles.scou...@leica-microsystems.com wrote: Why not? What happens? One would think the mammalian cardiovascular system could withstand physiological
RE: [Histonet] mouse perfusion rate
Very interesting! Coming out the nose is definitely bad for any work I have done in the past - lungs get blown out, liver doesn't perfuse well and bone marrow looks horrific. However, if you are working with PFA and doing a post-fix anyway, you will probably be fine. If you are using GA and counting on the perfusion to ensure excellent fixation for things such as lacZ staining (b/c post-fix in GA never works well for bone or deep into tissues) then blowing it out the nose is bad. Very bad. Andrea --- On Mon, 3/29/10, charles.scou...@leica-microsystems.com charles.scou...@leica-microsystems.com wrote: From: charles.scou...@leica-microsystems.com charles.scou...@leica-microsystems.com Subject: RE: [Histonet] mouse perfusion rate To: lei...@buffalo.edu, saby_josep...@yahoo.com, mak...@ufl.edu, histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Date: Monday, March 29, 2010, 6:26 PM I have perfused mice and rats at 300 mm Hg, about double physiological level, don't know what that made the flow rate. All mammals have the same blood pressure (within tolerances), so it is easier to select a suitable pressure to use than a flow rate, which varies dramatically. I look at brain, never pay any attention to the gut. Clear fluid comes out the nose, that is a good sign. There are pressure release valves across the cribiform plate to release CSF if there is too much. I am flooding the system, fluid coming out the nose means the extracellular fluid and CSF is being replaced as well as vascular blood. Good. The tissue is quality is excellent, free of red blood cells, can be unshrunk depending on the tonicity (should be sub isotonic) of the fixative fluid. Have looked at Nissl and EM material, no evidence of damage to the tissue. If gut is extended, might have something to do with the large intestines job of removing fluid from feces, and flooding the system swells the tissue. But does it matter? Do you use that tissue? What is the tissue quality if you use it after physiological pressure perfusion. Cordially, Charles W. Scouten, Ph.D Product Manager, MNL Biosystems Division Leica Biosystems Richmond, Inc. 5205 Route 12 P.O. Box 528 Richmond, IL 60071 United States of America Telephone 630 964 0501 facsimile +1 630 964 0576 www.MyNeuroLab.com http://www.myneurolab.com/ www.leica-microsystems.com http://www.leica-microsystems.com/ IMPORTANT - This email and any attachments may be confidential. Any retransmissions, dissemination or other use of these materials by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If received in error, please contact us and delete all copies. Before opening or using attachments, check them for viruses and defects. Our liability is limited to resupplying any affected attachments. [Any representations or opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual sender]. From: Merced M Leiker lei...@buffalo.edu [mailto:Merced M Leiker lei...@buffalo.edu] Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 9:05 AM To: Joseph Saby saby_josep...@yahoo.com; charles.scou...@leica-microsystems.com; mak...@ufl.edu; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] mouse perfusion rate Hi Joe, Thanks for that notice about flow rates. But I think for the mouse you meant 1-3mls/min (not per 10min?)... Regards, Merced --On Saturday, March 27, 2010 5:03 PM -0700 Joseph Saby saby_josep...@yahoo.com wrote: All- From previous work with rat perfusions, the flow rate was about 10 ml/minute. If I had to guess, the equivalent flow rate for a mouse would be closer to 1-3 mls/10 minutes. If you go 10 ml/minute, you will definitely cause blowout artefacts. Joe Saby, BA HT __ From: Merced M Leiker lei...@buffalo.edu To: charles.scou...@leica-microsystems.com; mak...@ufl.edu; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Fri, March 19, 2010 9:21:38 AM Subject: RE: [Histonet] mouse perfusion rate The vasculature will leak too much and the mouse will get bloated - you'll see it first in either the intestines blowing up like a balloon or fluid coming out of the nose. Just not the same as the heart pumping when the mouse is alive with intact physiology and normal functioning. Don't know exactly why, but that's what happens when you go too fast. Perhaps the vasculature has lost its control to compensate for the pressure? I'm not a physiologist so I'm not sure why...maybe someone on the Histonet can answer that? Regards, Merced --On Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:49 PM -0500 charles.scou...@leica-microsystems.com wrote: Why not? What happens? One would think the mammalian cardiovascular system could withstand physiological pressures and flow rates, at least for one lifetime? Cordially, Charles W. Scouten, Ph.D Product Manager, MNL Biosystems Division Leica Biosystems Richmond, Inc. 5205 Route 12 P.O
Re: [Histonet] mouse perfusion rate
Hi Joe, Thanks for that notice about flow rates. But I think for the mouse you meant 1-3mls/min (not per 10min?)... Regards, Merced --On Saturday, March 27, 2010 5:03 PM -0700 Joseph Saby saby_josep...@yahoo.com wrote: All- From previous work with rat perfusions, the flow rate was about 10 ml/minute. If I had to guess, the equivalent flow rate for a mouse would be closer to 1-3 mls/10 minutes. If you go 10 ml/minute, you will definitely cause blowout artefacts. Joe Saby, BA HT __ From: Merced M Leiker lei...@buffalo.edu To: charles.scou...@leica-microsystems.com; mak...@ufl.edu; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Fri, March 19, 2010 9:21:38 AM Subject: RE: [Histonet] mouse perfusion rate The vasculature will leak too much and the mouse will get bloated - you'll see it first in either the intestines blowing up like a balloon or fluid coming out of the nose. Just not the same as the heart pumping when the mouse is alive with intact physiology and normal functioning. Don't know exactly why, but that's what happens when you go too fast. Perhaps the vasculature has lost its control to compensate for the pressure? I'm not a physiologist so I'm not sure why...maybe someone on the Histonet can answer that? Regards, Merced --On Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:49 PM -0500 charles.scou...@leica-microsystems.com wrote: Why not? What happens? One would think the mammalian cardiovascular system could withstand physiological pressures and flow rates, at least for one lifetime? Cordially, Charles W. Scouten, Ph.D Product Manager, MNL Biosystems Division Leica Biosystems Richmond, Inc. 5205 Route 12 P.O. Box 528 Richmond, IL 60071 United States of America Telephone 630 964 0501 facsimile +1 630 964 0576 www.MyNeuroLab.com www.leica-microsystems.com IMPORTANT - This email and any attachments may be confidential. Any retransmissions, dissemination or other use of these materials by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If received in error, please contact us and delete all copies. Before opening or using attachments, check them for viruses and defects. Our liability is limited to resupplying any affected attachments. [Any representations or opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual sender]. From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Merced M Leiker lei...@buffalo.edu Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:38 PM To: MKing mak...@ufl.edu; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] mouse perfusion rate That may be mouse cardiac output, but I can assure you, from experience, you do not want to perfuse at 17ml/min. Regards, Merced --On Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:32 PM -0400 MKing mak...@ufl.edu wrote: Li, Mouse cardiac output seems to be about 17 ml/min (e.g. www.transonic.com/mice1.shtml), you probably want to try for that to keep pressures close to physiological. A syringe pump is pretty inexpensive and probably all you need. Mike - Original Message - From: Li Zhang dancingw...@yahoo.com Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 14:59 Subject: [Histonet] question about mouse perfusion To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu My question is: can anyone give me a rough idea of how fast I should inject ( like ml/min). I think I've tried like 30 ml in 3 min, and I suspect that it's too fast because I do observe tissue swelling sometimes. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet Merced M Leiker Research Technician III Cardiovascular Medicine 348 Biomedical Research Building State University of New York at Buffalo 3435 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14214 USA lei...@buffalo.edu 716-829-6118 (Ph) 716-829-2665 (Fx) No trees were harmed in the sending of this email. However, many electrons were severely inconvenienced. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ Merced M Leiker Research Technician III Cardiovascular Medicine 348 Biomedical Research Building State University of New York at Buffalo 3435 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14214 USA lei...@buffalo.edu 716-829-6118 (Ph) 716-829-2665 (Fx) No trees were harmed in the sending of this email. However, many electrons were severely inconvenienced. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet Merced M Leiker
RE: [Histonet] mouse perfusion rate
I have perfused mice and rats at 300 mm Hg, about double physiological level, don't know what that made the flow rate. All mammals have the same blood pressure (within tolerances), so it is easier to select a suitable pressure to use than a flow rate, which varies dramatically. I look at brain, never pay any attention to the gut. Clear fluid comes out the nose, that is a good sign. There are pressure release valves across the cribiform plate to release CSF if there is too much. I am flooding the system, fluid coming out the nose means the extracellular fluid and CSF is being replaced as well as vascular blood. Good. The tissue is quality is excellent, free of red blood cells, can be unshrunk depending on the tonicity (should be sub isotonic) of the fixative fluid. Have looked at Nissl and EM material, no evidence of damage to the tissue. If gut is extended, might have something to do with the large intestines job of removing fluid from feces, and flooding the system swells the tissue. But does it matter? Do you use that tissue? What is the tissue quality if you use it after physiological pressure perfusion. Cordially, Charles W. Scouten, Ph.D Product Manager, MNL Biosystems Division Leica Biosystems Richmond, Inc. 5205 Route 12 P.O. Box 528 Richmond, IL 60071 United States of America Telephone 630 964 0501 facsimile +1 630 964 0576 www.MyNeuroLab.com http://www.myneurolab.com/ www.leica-microsystems.com http://www.leica-microsystems.com/ IMPORTANT - This email and any attachments may be confidential. Any retransmissions, dissemination or other use of these materials by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If received in error, please contact us and delete all copies. Before opening or using attachments, check them for viruses and defects. Our liability is limited to resupplying any affected attachments. [Any representations or opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual sender]. From: Merced M Leiker lei...@buffalo.edu [mailto:Merced M Leiker lei...@buffalo.edu] Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 9:05 AM To: Joseph Saby saby_josep...@yahoo.com; charles.scou...@leica-microsystems.com; mak...@ufl.edu; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] mouse perfusion rate Hi Joe, Thanks for that notice about flow rates. But I think for the mouse you meant 1-3mls/min (not per 10min?)... Regards, Merced --On Saturday, March 27, 2010 5:03 PM -0700 Joseph Saby saby_josep...@yahoo.com wrote: All- From previous work with rat perfusions, the flow rate was about 10 ml/minute. If I had to guess, the equivalent flow rate for a mouse would be closer to 1-3 mls/10 minutes. If you go 10 ml/minute, you will definitely cause blowout artefacts. Joe Saby, BA HT __ From: Merced M Leiker lei...@buffalo.edu To: charles.scou...@leica-microsystems.com; mak...@ufl.edu; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Fri, March 19, 2010 9:21:38 AM Subject: RE: [Histonet] mouse perfusion rate The vasculature will leak too much and the mouse will get bloated - you'll see it first in either the intestines blowing up like a balloon or fluid coming out of the nose. Just not the same as the heart pumping when the mouse is alive with intact physiology and normal functioning. Don't know exactly why, but that's what happens when you go too fast. Perhaps the vasculature has lost its control to compensate for the pressure? I'm not a physiologist so I'm not sure why...maybe someone on the Histonet can answer that? Regards, Merced --On Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:49 PM -0500 charles.scou...@leica-microsystems.com wrote: Why not? What happens? One would think the mammalian cardiovascular system could withstand physiological pressures and flow rates, at least for one lifetime? Cordially, Charles W. Scouten, Ph.D Product Manager, MNL Biosystems Division Leica Biosystems Richmond, Inc. 5205 Route 12 P.O. Box 528 Richmond, IL 60071 United States of America Telephone 630 964 0501 facsimile +1 630 964 0576 www.MyNeuroLab.com www.leica-microsystems.com IMPORTANT - This email and any attachments may be confidential. Any retransmissions, dissemination or other use of these materials by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If received in error, please contact us and delete all copies. Before opening or using attachments, check them for viruses and defects. Our liability is limited to resupplying any affected attachments. [Any representations or opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual sender]. From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Merced M Leiker lei...@buffalo.edu Sent: Thursday
Re: [Histonet] mouse perfusion rate
All- From previous work with rat perfusions, the flow rate was about 10 ml/minute. If I had to guess, the equivalent flow rate for a mouse would be closer to 1-3 mls/10 minutes. If you go 10 ml/minute, you will definitely cause blowout artefacts. Joe Saby, BA HT From: Merced M Leiker lei...@buffalo.edu To: charles.scou...@leica-microsystems.com; mak...@ufl.edu; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Sent: Fri, March 19, 2010 9:21:38 AM Subject: RE: [Histonet] mouse perfusion rate The vasculature will leak too much and the mouse will get bloated - you'll see it first in either the intestines blowing up like a balloon or fluid coming out of the nose. Just not the same as the heart pumping when the mouse is alive with intact physiology and normal functioning. Don't know exactly why, but that's what happens when you go too fast. Perhaps the vasculature has lost its control to compensate for the pressure? I'm not a physiologist so I'm not sure why...maybe someone on the Histonet can answer that? Regards, Merced --On Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:49 PM -0500 charles.scou...@leica-microsystems.com wrote: Why not? What happens? One would think the mammalian cardiovascular system could withstand physiological pressures and flow rates, at least for one lifetime? Cordially, Charles W. Scouten, Ph.D Product Manager, MNL Biosystems Division Leica Biosystems Richmond, Inc. 5205 Route 12 P.O. Box 528 Richmond, IL 60071 United States of America Telephone 630 964 0501 facsimile +1 630 964 0576 www.MyNeuroLab.com www.leica-microsystems.com IMPORTANT - This email and any attachments may be confidential. Any retransmissions, dissemination or other use of these materials by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If received in error, please contact us and delete all copies. Before opening or using attachments, check them for viruses and defects. Our liability is limited to resupplying any affected attachments. [Any representations or opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual sender]. From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Merced M Leiker lei...@buffalo.edu Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:38 PM To: MKing mak...@ufl.edu; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] mouse perfusion rate That may be mouse cardiac output, but I can assure you, from experience, you do not want to perfuse at 17ml/min. Regards, Merced --On Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:32 PM -0400 MKing mak...@ufl.edu wrote: Li, Mouse cardiac output seems to be about 17 ml/min (e.g. www.transonic.com/mice1.shtml), you probably want to try for that to keep pressures close to physiological. A syringe pump is pretty inexpensive and probably all you need. Mike - Original Message - From: Li Zhang dancingw...@yahoo.com Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 14:59 Subject: [Histonet] question about mouse perfusion To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu My question is: can anyone give me a rough idea of how fast I should inject ( like ml/min). I think I've tried like 30 ml in 3 min, and I suspect that it's too fast because I do observe tissue swelling sometimes. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet Merced M Leiker Research Technician III Cardiovascular Medicine 348 Biomedical Research Building State University of New York at Buffalo 3435 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14214 USA lei...@buffalo.edu 716-829-6118 (Ph) 716-829-2665 (Fx) No trees were harmed in the sending of this email. However, many electrons were severely inconvenienced. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ Merced M Leiker Research Technician III Cardiovascular Medicine 348 Biomedical Research Building State University of New York at Buffalo 3435 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14214 USA lei...@buffalo.edu 716-829-6118 (Ph) 716-829-2665 (Fx) No trees were harmed in the sending of this email. However, many electrons were severely inconvenienced. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
RE: [Histonet] mouse perfusion rate
The vasculature will leak too much and the mouse will get bloated - you'll see it first in either the intestines blowing up like a balloon or fluid coming out of the nose. Just not the same as the heart pumping when the mouse is alive with intact physiology and normal functioning. Don't know exactly why, but that's what happens when you go too fast. Perhaps the vasculature has lost its control to compensate for the pressure? I'm not a physiologist so I'm not sure why...maybe someone on the Histonet can answer that? Regards, Merced --On Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:49 PM -0500 charles.scou...@leica-microsystems.com wrote: Why not? What happens? One would think the mammalian cardiovascular system could withstand physiological pressures and flow rates, at least for one lifetime? Cordially, Charles W. Scouten, Ph.D Product Manager, MNL Biosystems Division Leica Biosystems Richmond, Inc. 5205 Route 12 P.O. Box 528 Richmond, IL 60071 United States of America Telephone 630 964 0501 facsimile +1 630 964 0576 www.MyNeuroLab.com www.leica-microsystems.com IMPORTANT - This email and any attachments may be confidential. Any retransmissions, dissemination or other use of these materials by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If received in error, please contact us and delete all copies. Before opening or using attachments, check them for viruses and defects. Our liability is limited to resupplying any affected attachments. [Any representations or opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual sender]. From: histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-boun...@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Merced M Leiker lei...@buffalo.edu Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:38 PM To: MKing mak...@ufl.edu; histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu Subject: Re: [Histonet] mouse perfusion rate That may be mouse cardiac output, but I can assure you, from experience, you do not want to perfuse at 17ml/min. Regards, Merced --On Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:32 PM -0400 MKing mak...@ufl.edu wrote: Li, Mouse cardiac output seems to be about 17 ml/min (e.g. www.transonic.com/mice1.shtml), you probably want to try for that to keep pressures close to physiological. A syringe pump is pretty inexpensive and probably all you need. Mike - Original Message - From: Li Zhang dancingw...@yahoo.com Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 14:59 Subject: [Histonet] question about mouse perfusion To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu My question is: can anyone give me a rough idea of how fast I should inject ( like ml/min). I think I've tried like 30 ml in 3 min, and I suspect that it's too fast because I do observe tissue swelling sometimes. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet Merced M Leiker Research Technician III Cardiovascular Medicine 348 Biomedical Research Building State University of New York at Buffalo 3435 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14214 USA lei...@buffalo.edu 716-829-6118 (Ph) 716-829-2665 (Fx) No trees were harmed in the sending of this email. However, many electrons were severely inconvenienced. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ Merced M Leiker Research Technician III Cardiovascular Medicine 348 Biomedical Research Building State University of New York at Buffalo 3435 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14214 USA lei...@buffalo.edu 716-829-6118 (Ph) 716-829-2665 (Fx) No trees were harmed in the sending of this email. However, many electrons were severely inconvenienced. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
Re: [Histonet] mouse perfusion rate
That may be mouse cardiac output, but I can assure you, from experience, you do not want to perfuse at 17ml/min. Regards, Merced --On Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:32 PM -0400 MKing mak...@ufl.edu wrote: Li, Mouse cardiac output seems to be about 17 ml/min (e.g. www.transonic.com/mice1.shtml), you probably want to try for that to keep pressures close to physiological. A syringe pump is pretty inexpensive and probably all you need. Mike - Original Message - From: Li Zhang dancingw...@yahoo.com Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 14:59 Subject: [Histonet] question about mouse perfusion To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu My question is: can anyone give me a rough idea of how fast I should inject ( like ml/min). I think I've tried like 30 ml in 3 min, and I suspect that it's too fast because I do observe tissue swelling sometimes. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet Merced M Leiker Research Technician III Cardiovascular Medicine 348 Biomedical Research Building State University of New York at Buffalo 3435 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14214 USA lei...@buffalo.edu 716-829-6118 (Ph) 716-829-2665 (Fx) No trees were harmed in the sending of this email. However, many electrons were severely inconvenienced. ___ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
