An inexpensive drivable cannulated microelectrode array for simultaneous unit recording and drug infusion in the same brain nucleus of behaving rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1054-1064

  du Hoffmann, Johann ^a   Kim, James J ^a   Nicola, Saleem M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

In vivo electrophysiology; Intracranial microinjections; Pharmacology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFUSION; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CATHETERIZATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; INFUSION PUMPS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MICROINJECTIONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 80051498136     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00349.2011     Document Type: Article

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