Aplysia ganglia preparation for electrophysiological and molecular analyses of single neurons

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 83, 2014, Pages

  Akhmedov, Komol ^a   Kadakkuzha, Beena M ^a   Puthanveettil, Sathyanarayanan V ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential; Aplysia Californica; CREB; Gene expression; Genomics; Identified neuron; Intracellular recording; Issue 83; Neural circuitry; Neurobiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLION; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; APLYSIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GANGLIA; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONS; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84901051502     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51075     Document Type: Article

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