Minimum neuron density for synchronized bursts in a rat cortical culture on multi-electrode arrays

Neuroscience

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-61

  Ito, D ^a   Tamate, H ^a   Nagayama, M ^a   Uchida, T ^a   Kudoh, S N ^b   Gohara, K ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dissociated culture; Fluorescence microscopy; Immunocytochemistry; Neuronal network; Neuronal survival

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EMBRYO; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURVIVAL TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; ELECTRODES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEURITES; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 77957886765     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.08.038     Document Type: Article

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