Electrode positioning for reliable telemetry ECG recordings during social stress in unrestrained rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1397-1401

  Sgoifo, Andrea ^a   Stilli, Donatella ^a   Medici, Dante ^b   Gallo, Paola ^a   Aimi, Beatrice ^a   Musso, Ezio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di Parma   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Lead position; Social stress; Somatomotor activity; Telemetry ECG

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; IMPLANTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0030561374     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00228-4     Document Type: Article

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