Method of euthanasia affects amygdala plasticity in horizontal brain slices from mice

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 340-345

  Kulisch, C ^a   Eckers, N ^a   Albrecht, D ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anesthesia; Brain slices; Decapitation; Isoflurane; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ETHER; ISOFLURANE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECAPITATION; EUTHANASIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMYGDALA; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ETHER, ETHYL; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; ISOFLURANE; LONG-TERM SYNAPTIC DEPRESSION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 80053215987     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.08.022     Document Type: Article

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