Characterization of flexible ECoG electrode arrays for chronic recording in awake rats

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 279-285

  Yeager, John D ^a   Phillips, Derrick J ^b   Rector, David M ^b   Bahr, David F ^a  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Device durability; Kapton ; Polyimide; Surface evoked potential

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; GOLD; POLYIMIDE; TANTALUM; TITANIUM; TUNGSTEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKULL;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GOLD; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM; TUNGSTEN; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 48049086101     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.06.024     Document Type: Article

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