Extracellular recordings from locally dense microelectrode arrays coupled to dissociated cortical cultures

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 386-396

  Berdondini, L ^a,c   Massobrio, P ^b   Chiappalone, M ^b,c   Tedesco, M ^b   Imfeld, K ^a   Maccione, A ^b,c   Gandolfo, M ^b   Koudelka Hep, M ^a   Martinoia, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional connectivity; High density; In vitro; Microelectrode array; Neuronal networks; Simulations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DENSITY GRADIENT; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRODE; EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR RECORDING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; RAT; SIMULATION; SPIKE WAVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICROELECTRODES; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 58149507778     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.10.032     Document Type: Article

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