Advances in Network Electrophysiology (PDF)

Preface.- Section I Development of MEA for Cells, Acute Slices, and Cultured Tissues: A History of MEA Development.- On Micro Electrode Array Revival: Its Development, Sophistication of Recording, and Stimulation.- Multi Electrode Arrays: Enhancing Traditional Methods and Enabling Network Physiology.- Development of 3D Multi Electrode Arrays for Use with Acute Tissue Slices.- Electrophysiological Monitoring of Hippocampal Slice Cultures Using MEA on Porous Membranes.- Pattern Technologies for Structuring Neuronal Networks on MEAs.- Section 2 MEA Applications: Dissociated Cell Cutlures: Emerging Histiotypic Properties of Cultured Neuronal Networks.- Closing the Loop: Stimulation Feedback Systems for Embodied MEA Cultures.- Emerging Network Activity in Dissociated Cultures of Neocortex: Novel Electrophsiological Protocols and Mathematical Modeling.- Analysis of Cardiac Myocyte Activity Dynamics with Microelectrode Arrays.- Section 3 MEA Applications: Acute/Cultured Slices: Mapping Spatio-Temporal Electrophysiological Activity in Hippocampal Slices with Conformal Planar Multi Electrode Arrays.- The Retinasensor: an In vitro Tool to Study Drug Effects on Retinal Signaling.- A Hippocampal-Based Biosensor for Neurotoxins Detection and Classification Using a Novel Short-Term Plasticity Quantification Method.- Chronic Alcohol Effects on Hippocampal Neuronal Networks.- Development of a Multi-Array Recording Systems and its Applications in Drug Discovery Using Acute and Cultured Hippocampal Slices.- Rhythm Generation in Spinal Cultures: Is it the Neuron or the Network? -Monitoring the Clock Neuron's Tick: Circadian Rhythm Analysis Using a Multi-Electrode Array Dish.- Investigation of Network Phenomena in Hippocampal Slices Using Multi Electrode Recording Arrays.- Exploring Fast Hippocampal Network Oscillations: Combining Multi Electrode Recording with Optical Imaging and Patch-Clamp Techniques.- Index.