A biplanar slice preparation for studying cerebellar synaptic transmission

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-197

  Garthwaite, John ^a,b   Batchelor, Andrew M ^a,b  

^a WELLCOME RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Cerebellum; Grease gap; Intracellular recording; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029882887     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-0270(95)00133-6     Document Type: Article

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