Chronic electrical stimulation of cultured hippocampal networks increases spontaneous spike rates

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 104-109

  Brewer, Gregory J ^a   Boehler, Michael D ^a   Ide, Alessandro N ^a   Wheeler, Bruce C ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential; Electrode array; MEA; Network; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; K NEAREST NEIGHBOR; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS; RATS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349257170     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.07.031     Document Type: Article

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