A method for chronic stimulation of cortical organotypic cultures using implanted electrodes

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 136-143

  Johnson, Hope A ^a   Buonomano, Dean V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic stimulation; Cortical network; Organotypic; Plasticity; Structured activity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOPHYSICS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 57649157665     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.08.037     Document Type: Article

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