Identification of neuronal network properties from the spectral analysis of calcium imaging signals in neuronal cultures

Frontiers in Neural Circuits

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Tibau, Elisenda ^a   Valencia, Miguel ^b   Soriano, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Excitation inhibition balance; GABA switch; Multineuron calcium imaging; Network development; Neuronal cultures; Spectral analysis; Synchronous oscillations

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ION; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE CALCIUM IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; RAT; SPECTROSCOPY; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; EXCITATION-INHIBITION BALANCE; GABA SWITCH; METABOLISM; MULTINEURON CALCIUM IMAGING; NERVE CELL; NETWORK DEVELOPMENT; NEURONAL CULTURES; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNCHRONOUS OSCILLATIONS;

EXCITATION-INHIBITION BALANCE; GABA SWITCH; MULTINEURON CALCIUM IMAGING; NETWORK DEVELOPMENT; NEURONAL CULTURES; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SYNCHRONOUS OSCILLATIONS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELLS, CULTURED; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; NERVE NET; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84890862355     PISSN: 16625110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2013.00199     Document Type: Article

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