Advances in Network Electrophysiology explores methods for using electrophysiological techniques for monitoring the concurrent activity of ensembles of single neurons.

Advances in Network Electrophysiology reviews the recent progress in both electronics and computational tools developed to analyze the functional operations of large ensembles of neurons using multi-electrode arrays and in vitro preparations.

Contents

Development of MEA for Cells, Acute Slices, and Cultured Tissues

1. A History of MEA Development
2. On Micro-Electrode Array Revival: Its Development, Sophistication of Recording, Stimulation
3. Multi-Electrode Arrays: Enhancing Traditional Methods and Enabling Network Physiology
4. Development of 3-D Multi-Electrode Arrays for Use with Acute Tissue Slices
5. Electrophysiological Monitoring of Hippocampal Slice Cultures Using MEA on Porous Membrane
6. Mapping Spatio-Temporal Electrophysiological Activity in Hippocampal Slices with Conformal Planar Multi-Electrode Arrays
7. Pattern Technologies for Structuring Neuronal Networks on MEAs

MEA Applications: Dissociated Cell Cultures

8. Emerging Histiotypic Properties of Cultured Neuronal Networks
9. Closing the Loop: Stimulation Feedback Systems for Embodied MEA Cultures
10. Emerging Network Activity in Dissociated Cultures of Neocortex: Novel Electrophysiological Protocols and Mathematical Modeling
11. Analysis of Cardiac Myocyte Activity Dynamics with Micro-Electrode Arrays

MEA Applications: Acute/Cultured Slices

12. A Hippocampal-Based Biosensor for Neurotoxins Detection and Classification Using a Novel Short-Term Plasticity Quantification Method
13. The Retinasensor: An In Vitro Tool to Study Drug Effects on Retinal Signaling
14. Chronic Alcohol Effects on Hippocampal Neuronal Networks
15. Applications of Multi-Electrode Array System in Drug Discovery Using Acute and Cultured Hippocampal Slices
16. Rhythm Generation in Spinal Cultures: Is It the Neuron or the Network?
17. Monitoring the Clock Neuron's Tick: Circadian Rhythm Analysis Using a Mult-Electrode Array Dish
18. Investigation of Network Phenomena in Hippocampal Slices Using Mult-Electrode Recording Arrays
19. Exploring Fast Hippocampal Network Oscillations: Combining Multi-Electrode Recordings with Optical Imaging and Patch-Clamp Techniques

Index

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