A novel suction electrode recording technique for monitoring circadian rhythms in single and multiunit discharge from brain slices

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 173-181

  Brown, Timothy M ^a   Banks, Jon R ^a   Piggins, Hugh D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circadian; Electrophysiology; Glutamate; Hypothalamus; In vitro; Spike sorting; Suprachiasmatic nuclei

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRAIN SLICE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MALE; MICROPIPETTE; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; N-METHYLASPARTATE; SUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 33747174854     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.02.024     Document Type: Article

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