Measurement of brain tissue oxygen at a carbon paste electrode can serve as an index of increases in regional cerebral blood flow

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-182

  Lowry, John P ^a,c   Boutelle, Martyn G ^b   Fillenz, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Carbon paste electrodes; Cerebral blood flow; Hydrogen clearance; Oxygen; Physiological stimulation; Rat brain

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROGEN; OXYGEN;

AMPEROMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTRODE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARBON; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYDROGEN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; NEOSTRIATUM; OXYGEN; PLATINUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030900574     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)00140-9     Document Type: Article

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