Stereotaxy in rat models: Current state of the art, proposals to improve targeting accuracy and reporting guideline

•We review the literature for subjects, targets, origin and accuracy in rat stereotaxy.•Although 57% of studies referred to it, only 10% of subjects were Paxinos atlas rats.•Most procedures were injections (62%), cannula (20%) and electrode (8%) implantations.•Bregma was origin in 96%, but in 1/3 la...

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