Carbon fibre microelectrodes.
A technique for making recording microelectrodes containing an ultrafine carbon fibre is described. This technique can be used for single- and multi-barrel microelectrodes. These microelectrodes not only have a very low signal-to-noise ratio comparable with that found in tungsten microelectrodes but are simpler to make. When used in a multi-barrel array for iontophoretic application of drugs the carbon fibre microelectrode has many advantages over a fluid electrolyte-filled recording barrel, including very high signal-to-noise ratio and relative immunity to spike distortion during application of iontophoretic current.
D000818:Animals; D002244:Carbon; D002415:Cats; D004594:Electrophysiology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005971:Glutamates / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D007478:Iontophoresis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008839:Microelectrodes; D008845:Microinjections / Q000295:instrumentation; D009482:Neurophysiology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D051381:Rats; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000187:drug effects
D005971:Glutamates; D002244:Carbon