An improved multiple-site optical membrane potential-recording system to obtain high-quality single sweep signals in intact rat cerebral cortex

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-80

  Hama, Noriyuki ^a   Ito, Shin Ichi ^a   Hirota, Akihiko ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baclofen; Central nervous system; Epifluorescence optics; Noise reduction; Single sweep optical recording; Voltage sensitive dye

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BREATHING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NOISE REDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEART RATE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 78649522726     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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