The membrane chamber: A new type of in vitro recording chamber

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-23

  Hill, M R H ^a   Greenfield, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain slice; In vitro; Optical imaging; Perfusion; Recording chamber; Voltage sensitive dye imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS, CULTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE;

EID: 78650948497     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.10.024     Document Type: Article

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