Self-organization of repetitive spike patterns in developing neuronal networks in vitro

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1289-1299

  Sun, Jyh Jang ^a   Kilb, Werner ^a   Luhmann, Heiko J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burst activity; Mouse; Multi electrode array; Neuronal cell culture; Spontaneous activity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIKE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURONS;

EID: 77958462528     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07383.x     Document Type: Article

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