EEG recording in rodents, with a focus on epilepsy

Current Protocols in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.49, 2009, Pages

  Martin Del Campo C ^a   Pérez Velázquez, José L ^b   Cortez Freire, Miguel A ^b  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

EEG; Epilepsy; Intracranial recording; Rodent; Signal analysis

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE; AMPLIFIER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN TISSUE; COMMUTATOR; DEVICE; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LOCOMOTION; LONG EVANS RAT; NONHUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; REVIEW; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; TELEMETRY; TISSUE PREPARATION;

EID: 75749098481     PISSN: 19348584     EISSN: 19348576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142301.ns0624s49     Document Type: Review

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