We describe a method for the stereotactically-guided location, exposure, and ablation of the auditory cortex in rats. The localization of the ablation is assessed using a coordinate map postmortem.
Lamas, V., Estévez, S., Pernía, M., Plaza, I., Merchán, M. A. Stereotactically-guided Ablation of the Rat Auditory Cortex, and Localization of the Lesion in the Brain. J. Vis. Exp. (128), e56429, doi:10.3791/56429 (2017).