A chronic implant to record electroretinogram, visual evoked potentials and oscillatory potentials in awake, freely moving rats for pharmacological studies

Neural Plasticity

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 241-250

  Guarino, Irene ^a,b   Loizzo, Stefano ^a   Lopez, Luisa ^a,b,c   Fadda, Antonello ^a   Loizzo, Alberto ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ERGs; OPs; Scopolamine; Urethane; VEPs

Indexed keywords

SCOPOLAMINE METHYL BROMIDE; URETHAN;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRODE; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RAT; VISUAL SYSTEM; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 12344269677     PISSN: 20905904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/NP.2004.241     Document Type: Article

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