Isolated Central Nervous System Circuits

Autonomic Nervous System In Vitro: Studying Tonically Active Neurons Controlling Vagal Outflow in Rodent Brainstem Slices.- Anatomically 'Calibrated' Isolated Respiratory Networks from Newborn Rodents.- Physiological Properties of Human Fetal Cortex In Vitro.- Histological Characterization of Physiologically Determined Fast-Spiking Interneurons in Slices of Primate Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex.- Neural Circuits Underlying Circadian Oscillations in Mammals: Clocks in a Dish.- Osmoregulatory Circuits in Slices and En Bloc Preparations of Rodent Hypothalamus.- Establishing In Vivo-Like Activity in Rat Cerebellar Cells Maintained In Vitro.- Spontaneous Rhythmic Activity in the Adult Cerebral Cortex In Vitro.- Living Human Brain Slices: Network Analysis Using Voltage Sensitive Dyes.- Intact In Vitro Preparations of the Neonatal Rodent Cortex: Analysis of Cellular Properties and Network Activity.- Spontaneous Neural Network Oscillations in Hippocampus, Cortex, and Locus Coeruleus of Newborn Rat and Piglet Brain Slices.- Neuronal Networks in the In Vitro Isolated Guinea Pig Brain.- The Study of Respiratory Chemoreflexes Using a Novel Dual-Perfused Rodent Preparation.- Defined Medium Organotypic Cultures of Spinal Cord Put 'Pain in a Dish'.- Rodent Isolated Spinal Cord Preparations to Examine Motor Output.

"This is an excellent methods, protocols, & atlas of in vitro, slice, and in vivo recordings using evoked potential, intracellular and patch clamp technologies. ... I recommend this book for physiologists, researchers, & fellows." (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, October, 2015)