Evaluation of two minimally invasive techniques for electroencephalogram recording in wild or freely behaving animals

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 183-189

  Scriba, M F ^a,b   Harmening, W M ^c,d   Mettke Hofmann, C ^e   Vyssotski, A L ^f   Roulin, A ^b   Wagner, H ^c   Rattenborg, N C ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Barn owl; EEG recording method; Sleep; Subcutaneous electrodes; Surface electrodes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874189823     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-012-0779-1     Document Type: Article

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