Monitoring cellular edema at single-neuron level by electrical resistance measurements

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-181

  Demirci, Mehmet ^a   Ayata, Cenk ^a   Dalkara, Turgay ^a   Erdemli, Gül ^a   Onur, Rüştü ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain edema; Cellular swelling; Electrical resistance; Extracellular space; Hippocampus; Iontophoresis; Ischemia; NMDA

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CELL SWELLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLASS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IONTOPHORESIS; LIGATION; MICROELECTRODES; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; RATS;

EID: 0030993534     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)02200-5     Document Type: Article

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