Spontaneous neuronal discharge patterns in developing organotypic mega-co-cultures of neonatal rat cerebral cortex

Brain Research

Volumn 1101, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-35

  Baker, Robert E ^a   Corner, Michael A ^a   van Pelt, Jaap ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Occipital cortex; Prefrontal cortex; Spike train analysis; Spontaneous rhythmicity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; COCULTURE; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXPLANT; INNERVATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SPIKE WAVE; TISSUE CULTURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745834358     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.05.028     Document Type: Article

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