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JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS
Volume 128, Issue 1-2, Pages 9-20Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(03)00143-2
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sensory neurons; dorsal root ganglion; microelectrode array; skin; muscle; receptors
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- NINDS NIH HHS [R01-NS39677] Funding Source: Medline
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The recording capability of a microelectrode array in the cat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) was studied in I I acute experiments, 373 single, discriminable sensory units were recorded on 587 electrodes (0.64 units/electrode). Sensory action potentials as large as 1750 muV were obtained (mean = 132 muV). These were comparable to literature reports of the best DRG extracellular recordings made with conventional electrodes. We were able simultaneously to activate and record over 50 discriminable, time-varying units from L6 and L7 DRGs during a cyclic ankle displacement. We also successfully recorded stable, phase dependent multiple sensory units with very little artifact or electromyographic (EMG) contamination during decerebrate walking. Thus, the array is capable of recording more effectively from more DRGs neurons than has been achieved by conventional recording techniques. The recording selectivity and stability of the array, coupled with the large number of neurons that can be recorded simultaneously, provide attractive features for better understanding sensorimotor control principles. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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