The Lantern: An ultra-light micro-drive for multi-tetrode recordings in mice and other small animals

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 291-300

  Battaglia, Francesco P ^a   Kalenscher, Tobias ^a   Cabral, Henrique ^a   Winkel, Jasper ^a   Bos, Jeroen ^a   Manuputy, Ron ^b   van Lieshout, Theo ^b   Pinkse, Frans ^b   Beukers, Harry ^b   Pennartz, Cyriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ensemble electrophysiology; Miniaturization; Mouse; Tetrodes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTRODE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMPLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRODE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MICE; MICROELECTRODES; MINIATURIZATION; NEURONS; REWARD; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 60749112604     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.12.024     Document Type: Article

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