Network activity in hippocampal slice cultures revealed by long-term in vitro recordings

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 217, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 1-8

  Albus, Klaus ^a   Heinemann, Uwe ^a   Kovács, Richard ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Epileptogenesis; Osmolality; Seizures

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALKALOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; IMPLANTATION; INCUBATION TIME; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEURONAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOTYPIC HIPPOCAMPAL SLICE CULTURE; OSMOLALITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEIZURES;

EID: 84878397958     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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