Tracking axonal action potential propagation on a high-density microelectrode array across hundreds of sites

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Bakkum, Douglas J ^a,b   Frey, Urs ^c   Radivojevic, Milos ^a   Russell, Thomas L ^a   Müller, Jan ^a   Fiscella, Michele ^a   Takahashi, Hirokazu ^b,d   Hierlemann, Andreas ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL OXIDE;

ELECTRODE; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; TOPOLOGY; TRACKING;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEMICONDUCTOR;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; MICROELECTRODES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMICONDUCTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84880796120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3181     Document Type: Article

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