Techniques for acute single neuron recording in newborn rats

I S Curthoys; S C Webber

doi:10.1016/0031-9384(77)90045-2

Techniques for acute single neuron recording in newborn rats

Physiol Behav. 1977 Nov;19(5):689-92. doi: 10.1016/0031-9384(77)90045-2.

Authors

I S Curthoys, S C Webber

PMID: 605179
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(77)90045-2

Abstract

Techniques are described for artifically respiring, anesthetizing, head-holding, operating on and recording from single neurons in the VIII nerve of newborn rats weighting as little as 4.9 g.

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Animals
Animals, Newborn / growth & development*
Body Weight
Electrophysiology
Neurons / physiology
Neurophysiology / methods*
Rats
Vestibular Nerve / growth & development
Vestibular Nerve / physiology*