Selective Recording and Stimulation of Individual Identified Neurons in Freely Behaving Aplysia
- 16 September 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 221 (4616), 1203-1206
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.6612336
Abstract
A neuroethological technique is described for selective recording and stimulation of an individual neuron in freely behaving Aplysia by means of a fine wire glued into the connective tissue sheath above the identified cell body. A whole-nerve cuff electrode simultaneously monitored functionally related multiunit axon activity. For biophysical analysis the soma was impaled with a microelectrode when the ganglion was subsequently exposed. The technique is illustrated for several identified neurons involved in different behaviors.Keywords
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