Examination of the spatial and temporal distribution of sensory cortical activity using a 100-electrode array

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-66

  Rousche, Patrick J ^a   Petersen, Rasmus S ^b   Battiston, Stefano ^b   Giannotta, Sabina ^b   Diamond, Mathew E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

100 Electrode array; Brain activity map; Sensory cortical activity; Simultaneous multi electrode recordings; Spatial and temporal distribution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY CORTEX; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TIME FACTORS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0032771124     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(99)00061-8     Document Type: Article

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