Transistor array with an organotypic brain slice: Field potential records and synaptic currents

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 999-1005

  Besl, Brigitte ^a   Fromherz, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Current source density analysis; Electrode array; Extracellular recording; Silicon

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTRODE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROPIPETTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROELECTRODES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SILICON; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0036455161     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.01943.x     Document Type: Article

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