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From: Invasive and noninvasive methods for studying pulmonary function in mice

Figure 3

Schematic drawing of the head-out body plethysmograph. The figure illustrates the attachment of the neck collar (made of dental dam with a central hole of 7–8 mm for a 20–25 g mouse) to the plethysmograph. The adapter is put in the front opening of the plethysmograph and a viscoelastic ring is slipped over the fixed rubber dam at the nose of the plethysmograph thus fixing the collar. The conscious animal is then placed in the glass plethysmograph and attached via the conus to a ventilated head exposure chamber. A moveable glass cylinder built in the screw cap enables atraumatic positioning of the mouse. Volume calibration (1–1.5 ml air) of the plethysmograph (front and back opening sealed) is done before each measurement. Before data collection, mice are allowed to acclimatize for at least about 10 minutes in the body plethysmographs.

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