Improved technique for recording single unit activity in awake animals.
An improved system for recording the electrical activity of single neurons in the brain of awake, unanesthetized and unrestrained animals is described, including complete details of construction and use. The advantages of this new technique over earlier methods are discussed.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000502:physiology; D008839:Microelectrodes; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats