Homeostasis of neuronal avalanches during postnatal cortex development in vitro

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 405-416

  Stewart, Craig V ^a   Plenz, Dietmar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Development; Multielectrode array; Neuronal avalanches; Organotypic culture; Self organized criticality; Spontaneous activity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SLICE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; HOMEOSTASIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; MICROELECTRODES; NERVE NET; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 41049110604     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.10.021     Document Type: Article

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