Supplementary Figure 2: Description of titanium headpost and surgical rig.
From: Removable cranial windows for long-term imaging in awake mice
(a) Schematic illustrating how the custom materials involved in the headpost and cranial window implant (see PROCEDURE Steps 1-77) are combined. (b) Image of the mouse loaded in the stereotax after the headpost has been implanted. (c) Image of the titanium headpost (left) and a schematic drawn to scale (right). (d) Side-on image of the headpost clamp. (e) Image illustrating how to calibrate the planar alignment of the headpost clamps. Appropriately leveled clamping of a glass slide (black arrow) should not cause the glass to crack following secure tightening of both Altos clamps. (f) Close up of Altos clamp illustrating placement on headpost arm on lower jaw of clamp (black arrow). (g) Image of customized stereotaxic setup, facilitating the transition between earbar and headpost clamp configurations prior to drilling the craniotomy.
