Dual intracellular recording of neocortical neurons in a neuron-glia co-culture system

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-114

  Nakanishi, Keiko ^a   Nakanishi, Makoto ^b   Kukita, Fumio ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Co culture; Dual recording; Neural network

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; COCULTURE; ELECTRODE; GLIA; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BIOTIN; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032842599     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(99)00003-3     Document Type: Article

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