Preparation of an awake mouse for recording neural responses and injecting tracers

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 64, 2012, Pages 1-

  Muniak, Michael A ^a,b   Mayko, Zachary M ^c   Ryugo, David K ^a,b   Portfors, Christine V ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory system; Brain; Dye injections; Electrophysiology; Issue 64; Mouse; Neuroscience; Physiology; Recordings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863767215     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3755     Document Type: Article

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