Methods for whole-cell recording from visually preselected neurons of perirhinal cortex in brain slices from young and aging rats

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-54

  Moyer Jr, James R ^a   Brown, Thomas H ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain slices; Perirhinal cortex; Video enhanced infrared DIC microscopy; Whole cell patch clamp recording

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS;

EID: 0032585585     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(98)00143-5     Document Type: Article

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