Animal Services

动物服务

基本信息

批准号：
10246439
负责人：
Jeffrey D Schall
金额：
$ 6.57万
依托单位：
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
1997
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
1997-04-01 至 2024-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10246439
关键词：
Anesthesia procedures Animal Technicians Animals Behavior Brain region Breeding Catheters Core Grant Development Doctor of Philosophy Ensure Extramural Activities Faculty Fluid Therapy Funding Galago Genus Gases Grant Histology Human Resources IACUC Individual Intratracheal Intubation Investigation Laboratories Longitudinal Studies Maintenance Operating Rooms Operative Surgical Procedures Perception Physiology Procedures Progress Reports Prosimii Psychology Publications Recovery Research Research Personnel Research Training Resources Schedule Scholarship Scientist Services Sterilization Structure Surveys Training Training and Education United States National Institutes of Health Vision Vision research Visual Visual Pathways animal care career cognitive system cohort cost experience innovation instrument instrumentation interest member nonhuman primate skills web page

项目摘要

PROJECT SUMMARY: ANIMAL SERVICES MODULE The Vanderbilt Vision Research Center (VVRC) includes faculty investigators with strong interest in discerning relationships between visual circuits and behavior, between cortical structures and physiology, and between brain regions and perception/behavior in non-human primate and prosimian species. These cognitive- and systems-level investigations require access to expert veterinary husbandry and surgical skills, especially for longitudinal studies requiring use of the same animal cohort over many months. The purpose of the VVRC Instrumentation Module is to provide a comprehensive veterinary service for support of vision research using non-human primates that is not covered by staff members supported by individual grants. This module is a VVRC-intrinsic core, housed in Wilson Hall and administered through the Department of Psychology, and is not part of a VUMC institutional facility; therefore, the service is provided to VVRC members by request and not through the VUMC Office of Research scholarship platform. In the current funding period the animal module contributed resources in support of 11 investigators with 55 publications resulting from use of the service. These are indicated as such in our Progress Report Core Publications by Investigator document. Availability of this module during the current period saved VVRC investigators over $240,905 in veterinary technician and facility costs that otherwise would have to be obtained elsewhere. A survey of researcher plans indicates that the use of this service will increase, with moderate to extensive use by 14 of 36 VVRC investigators. The Animal Services Module, housed in Wilson Hall near primary users, is directed by VVRC Investigator Jeff Schall, PhD. Using this space and personnel supported by this Core mechanism, the VVRC Animal Services Module will: (1) provide expert assistance with nonhuman primate surgical procedures, (2) provide training on best, aseptic, nonhuman primate surgical practices, and (3) support breeding of prosimian species used for vision research. These services and resources will enhance the scope of experimentation NEI-funded VVRC investigators conduct, promote innovation through specialized veterinary procedures to those who otherwise would not have such capabilities, including early-career vision scientists competing for extramural funding for their laboratories and established investigators who rely upon the use of non-human primates for their research.

项目摘要：动物服务模块范德比尔特视觉研究中心 (VVRC) 包括对以下领域有浓厚兴趣的教员研究人员：辨别视觉回路和行为之间、皮质结构和生理学之间的关系，以及非人类灵长类动物和原猴物种的大脑区域和感知/行为之间的关系。这些认知和系统层面的调查需要获得专业的兽医饲养和外科技能，特别是对于需要在数月内使用同一动物群的纵向研究。目的 VVRC 仪器模块旨在提供全面的兽医服务以支持视力使用非人类灵长类动物进行的研究，不受个人补助金支持的工作人员的资助。这模块是一个 VVRC 内在核心，位于威尔逊大厅并由管理部门管理心理学，不属于 VUMC 机构设施的一部分；因此，该服务提供给VVRC 应会员要求，而不是通过 VUMC 研究办公室奖学金平台。在目前的资金在此期间，动物模块贡献了资源支持 11 名研究人员，并发表了 55 篇出版物从使用该服务。这些在我们的进展报告核心出版物中由研究者指出文档。该模块在当前期间的可用性为 VVRC 研究人员节省了超过 240,905 美元兽医技术人员和设施费用，否则必须从其他地方获得。一项调查研究人员计划表明，这项服务的使用将会增加，36 家中有 14 家中度到广泛使用 VVRC 调查员。动物服务模块位于靠近主要用户的威尔逊大厅，由 VVRC 调查员 Jeff Schall 博士。利用这个核心机制支持的空间和人员， VVRC 动物服务模块将：(1) 为非人类灵长类动物外科手术提供专家协助， (2) 提供有关最佳、无菌、非人类灵长类动物手术操作的培训，以及 (3) 支持用于视觉研究的原猿物种。这些服务和资源将扩大 NEI 资助的 VVRC 研究人员进行实验，通过专业兽医促进创新为那些原本不具备这种能力的人（包括早期职业视力科学家）提供程序为他们的实验室和建立的研究人员竞争外部资金，他们依赖于使用非人类灵长类动物的研究。