We show surgical implantation and Recording procedures to measure visual electrophysiological signals from the eye (electroretinogram) and brain (visual evoked potential) in conscious rats, which is more analogous to the human condition where recordings are conducted without anesthesia confounds.
Charng, J., He, Z., Bui, B., Vingrys, A., Ivarsson, M., Fish, R., Gurrell, R., Nguyen, C. Implantation and Recording of Wireless Electroretinogram and Visual Evoked Potential in Conscious Rats. J. Vis. Exp. (112), e54160, doi:10.3791/54160 (2016).