A multifunctional pipette for localized drug administration to brain slices

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 292-296

  Ahemaiti, Aikeremu ^a   Ainla, Alar ^a   Jeffries, Gavin D M ^a   Wigström, Holger ^b   Orwar, Owe ^a   Jesorka, Aldo ^a   Jardemark, Kent ^a,c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain slices; Electrophysiological techniques; Glutamate; Hippocampus; Microfluidic technology; Perfusion; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HYDRODYNAMICS; MALE; MICROFLUIDICS; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE;

BRAIN SLICES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; GLUTAMATE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROFLUIDIC TECHNOLOGY; PERFUSION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84883633585     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.08.012     Document Type: Article

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