Neuron-transistor coupling: Interpretation of individual extracellular recorded signals

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 144-154

  Ingebrandt, Sven ^a,b   Yeung, Chi Kong ^a,c   Krause, Michael ^a,d   Offenhäusser, Andreas ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^d ROBERT BOSCH GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Extracellular recording; Neurons; Patch clamp; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXPLANT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PIPETTE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; RAT; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; STIMULATION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRANSISTORS;

EID: 16844379309     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-004-0437-9     Document Type: Article

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