A horizontal slice preparation for examining the functional connectivity of dorsal column fibres in mouse spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-120

  Flynn, Jamie R ^a   Brichta, Alan M ^a   Galea, Mary P ^b   Callister, Robert J ^a   Graham, Brett A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium imaging; Dorsal columns; Electrophysiology; Spinal cord injury; Stimulation; Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE; TISSUE SLICE;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; BIOPHYSICS; CALCIUM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; GLYCINE AGENTS; MALE; MICE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD; STRYCHNINE; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 80051585492     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.06.017     Document Type: Article

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