Thin-Film Multiple Electrode Probes: Possibilities and Limitations

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-33, Issue 2, 1986, Pages 223-229

  Prohaska, Otto J ^a   Olcaytug, Fethi ^b   Pfundner, P ^b   Dragaun, Heinz ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c Technologisches Gewerbemuseum   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES - THIN FILMS;

NEURONAL ACTIVITIES; THIN-FILM MULTIPLE ELECTRODE PROBE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTRODE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MICROELECTRODES; RABBITS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0022559398     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1986.325894     Document Type: Article

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