A novel carbon fiber bundle microelectrode and modified brain slice chamber for recording long-term multiunit activity from brain slices

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-169

  Tcheng, T K ^a   Gillette, M U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Carbon fiber; Circadian rhythm; Electrode; Hypothalamus; Long term recording; Multiunit activity; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CARBON; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030298587     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)00039-8     Document Type: Article

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