Techniques for acute single neuron recording in newborn rats.
Techniques are described for artifically respiring, anesthetizing, head-holding, operating on and recording from single neurons in the VIII nerve of newborn rats weighting as little as 4.9 g.
D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000254:growth & development*; D001835:Body Weight; D004594:Electrophysiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D009482:Neurophysiology / Q000379:methods*; D051381:Rats; D014725:Vestibular Nerve / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*