Animal Services

项目概要：动物服务MOOKER 范德比尔特视觉研究中心（VVRC）包括对以下方面有浓厚兴趣的研究人员： 辨别视觉回路和行为之间的关系，皮层结构和生理之间的关系， 在非人类灵长类和原猿类物种的大脑区域和感知/行为之间。这些 认知和系统层面的调查需要获得专业的兽医管理和外科技能， 特别是对于需要在多个月内使用相同动物群的纵向研究。的目的 VVRC仪器模块提供全面的兽医服务，以支持视力 使用非人类灵长类动物的研究，不包括由个人赠款支持的工作人员。这 模块是VVRC固有核心，位于威尔逊大厅，并通过 心理学，不是VUMC机构设施的一部分;因此，该服务提供给VVRC 成员的要求，而不是通过研究奖学金平台VUMC办公室。在目前的资金 在此期间，动物模块为11名研究人员提供了资源，产生了55篇出版物 使用本服务。这些在我们的研究者进展报告核心出版物中指出 文档.本报告所述期间，该模块的可用性为VVRC调查员节省了240 905美元， 兽医技术人员和设施费用，否则必须在其他地方获得。调查 研究人员计划表明，这项服务的使用将增加，36个国家中有14个国家将中度到广泛使用这项服务 VVRC调查员。动物服务模块位于威尔逊大厅，靠近主要用户，由 VVRC研究员Jeff Schall博士。利用这一核心机制支持的空间和人员， VVRC动物服务模块将：（1）提供非人灵长类动物外科手术的专家协助， (2)提供关于最佳、无菌、非人类灵长类动物手术实践的培训，以及（3）支持 用于视觉研究的原猴纲物种。这些服务和资源将扩大 NEI资助的VVRC研究人员进行的实验，通过专业兽医促进创新 向那些没有这种能力的人提供程序，包括早期职业视力科学家 竞争为他们的实验室和建立的研究人员谁依赖于使用校外资金， 非人类灵长类动物的研究。

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.