REVIEW ARTICLE

Field potential recording in the investigation of synaptic plasticity in vitro

Grzegorz Hess

Published: 2000-05-15

GICID: 01.3001.0000.3277

Available language versions: en

Issue: Postepy Hig Med Dosw 2000; 54 (3)

Abstract

The in vitro brain slice preparations have been widely employed for investigation of the cellular mechanisms underlying long-term potentiation and long-term depression of synaptic transmision in the rodent hippocampus. The determination of spatiotemporal patterns of activition by means of current source-density analysis of evoked field potentials allows for the use of field potential recording in the research on neocortical synaptic plasticity, in particular in horizontal connections of the motor cortex.