title: Spinal cord electrophysiology.
abstract: The neonatal mouse spinal cord is a model for studying the development of neural circuitries and locomotor movement. We demonstrate the spinal cord dissection and preparation of recording bath artificial cerebrospinal fluid used for locomotor studies. Once dissected, the spinal cord ventral nerve roots can be attached to a recording electrode to record the electrophysiologic signals of the central pattern generating circuitry within the lumbar cord.
authors.affiliation: The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Gene Expression Laboratory.
authors.forename: Allyn
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Benjamin W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Gallarda
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pfaff
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Alaynick
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004594:Electrophysiology / Q000379:methods*; D051379:Mice; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000502:physiology* / Q000601:surgery