Fabrication of an inexpensive, implantable cooling device for reversible brain deactivation in animals ranging from rodents to primates

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3543-3558

  Cooke, Dylan F ^a   Goldring, Adam B ^a,b   Yamayoshi, Itsukyo ^c   Tsourkas, Phillippos ^c   Recanzone, Gregg H ^a,b   Tiriac, Alex ^a   Pan, Tingrui ^c   Simon, Scott I ^c   Krubitzer, Leah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocompatible; Cortex; Cryoloop; Inactivation; Magnetic resonance compatible; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

DIMETICONE; SILICONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; COOLING CHIP; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEOMETRY; MEDICAL DEVICE; MICROFLUIDICS; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FERRETS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MACACA MULATTA; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; NEOCORTEX; RATS;

EID: 84862578186     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01101.2011     Document Type: Article

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