How to culture, record and stimulate neuronal networks on micro-electrode arrays (MEAs)

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 39, 2010, Pages

  Hales, Chadwick M ^a,b   Rolston, John D ^b,c   Potter, Steve M ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80055105912     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2056     Document Type: Article

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