A new extracellular multirecording system for electrophysiological studies: Application to hippocampal organotypic cultures

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-33

  Stoppini, L ^a   Duport, S ^a   Correges P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^b Chemodyne SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Field potential; Microelectrode array; Multirecording; Nervous tissue; Organotypic culture; Screening test

Indexed keywords

6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; BICUCULLINE; DEXAMETHASONE; KAINIC ACID; TETRODOTOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; DEXAMETHASONE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIPPOCAMPUS; KAINIC ACID; MICROELECTRODES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; QUINOXALINES; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0030901964     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)00151-3     Document Type: Article

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