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ArticlePloS one2016

Long Term Recordings with Immobile Silicon Probes in the Mouse Cortex.

Michael Okun, Armin Lak, Matteo Carandini, Kenneth D Harris

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Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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44 citing papers in PubMed, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael OkunUCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom.
Armin LakUCL Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London EC1V 9EL, United Kingdom.
Matteo CarandiniUCL Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London EC1V 9EL, United Kingdom.
Kenneth D HarrisUCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom.
University College London · GB

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 095668Wellcome Trust 095669
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A key experimental approach in neuroscience involves measuring neuronal activity in behaving animals with extracellular chronic recordings. Such chronic recordings were initially made with single electrodes and tetrodes, and are now increasingly performed with high-density, high-count silicon probes. A common way to achieve long-term chronic recording is to attach the probes to microdrives that progressively advance them into the brain. Here we report, however, that such microdrives are not strictly necessary. Indeed, we obtained high-quality recordings in both head-fixed and freely moving mice for several months following the implantation of immobile chronic probes. Probes implanted into the primary visual cortex yielded well-isolated single units whose spike waveform and orientation tuning were highly reproducible over time. Although electrode drift was not completely absent, stable waveforms occurred in at least 70% of the neurons tested across consecutive days. Thus, immobile silicon probes represent a straightforward and reliable technique to obtain stable, long-term population recordings in mice, and to follow the activity of populations of well-isolated neurons over multiple days.

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MicroelectrodesSiliconAction PotentialsAnimalsBehavior, AnimalBrainElectrodes, ImplantedElectrophysiologyFemaleMaleSilicon

Identifiers

PMID26959638
PMCPMC4784879
OpenAlexW2951572643

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