Propagation of spontaneous synchronized activity in cortical slice cultures recorded by planar electrode arrays

Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-115

  Jimbo, Y ^a   Robinson, H P C ^b  

^a NTT Basic Research Laboratories   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cortical slice cultures; Planar electrode arrays; Synchronized activity

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; BRAIN; MICROELECTRODES; NEURAL NETWORKS; TISSUE CULTURE;

CORTICAL SLICE CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; KAINIC ACID; PLANAR ELECTRODE ARRAYS; SYNCHRONIZED ACTIVITY;

SYNCHRONIZATION;

BICUCULLINE; KAINIC ACID;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; RECORDING; SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; KAINIC ACID; RATS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0034039020     PISSN: 03024598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-4598(99)00083-5     Document Type: Article

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