Method for the construction and use of carbon fiber multibarrel electrodes for deep brain recordings in the alert animal

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 255-262

  Inagaki, Keiichiro ^a   Heiney, Shane A ^a   Blazquez, Pablo M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Extracellular recording; Iontophoresis; Multibarrel electrode; Pharmacology; Primate

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; MICROIONTOPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUIRREL MONKEY; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; BRAIN; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; EYE MOVEMENTS; GABA AGENTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; IONTOPHORESIS; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS; PURKINJE CELLS; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; SAIMIRI;

EID: 60749102597     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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