Design and application of a novel brain slice system that permits independent electrophysiological recordings from multiple slices

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-148

  Stopps, M ^a   Allen, N ^a   Barrett, R ^a   Choudhury, H I ^a   Jarolimek, W ^a   Johnson, M ^d   Kuenzi, F M ^a   Maubach, K A ^a   Nagano, N ^c   Seabrook, G R ^b  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c BANYU PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^d 9 Allied Business Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain slices; Cortex; Extracellular recording; Field potential; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CELL ACTIVITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 9144256644     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2003.08.015     Document Type: Article

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