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dc.contributor.authorElbohouty, Maher
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Marcus T.
dc.contributor.authorVoss, Logan J.
dc.contributor.authorSteyn-Ross, D. Alistair
dc.contributor.authorHunt, Lynette Anne
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-09T03:05:19Z
dc.date.available2013-05-09T03:05:19Z
dc.date.copyright2013-06-07
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationElbohouty, M., Wilson, M. T., Voss, L. J., Steyn-Ross, D. A., & Hunt, L. A. (2013). In vitro electrical conductivity of seizing and non-seizing mouse brain slices at 10 kHz.. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 58(11), 3599-3613.en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn0031-9155
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/7600
dc.description.abstractThe electrical conductivity of small samples of mouse cortex (in vitro) has been measured at 10 kHz through the four-electrode method of van der Pauw. Brain slices from three mice were prepared under seizing and non-seizing conditions by changing the concentration of magnesium in the artificial cerebrospinal fluid used to maintain the tissue. These slices provided 121 square samples of cortical tissue; the conductivity of these samples was measured with an Agilent E4980A four-point impedance monitor. Of these, 73 samples were considered acceptable on the grounds of having good electrical contact between electrodes and tissue excluding outlier measurements. Results show that there is a significant difference (p = 0.03) in the conductivities of the samples under the two conditions. The seizing and non-seizing samples have mean conductivities of 0.33 and 0.36 S m⁻¹, respectively; however, these quantitative values should be used with caution as they are both subject to similar systematic uncertainties due to non-ideal temperature conditions and non-ideal placement of electrodes. We hypothesize that the difference between them, which is more robust to uncertainty, is due to the changing gap junction connectivity during seizures.en_NZ
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInstitute of Physicsen_NZ
dc.relation.ispartofPhysics in Medicine and Biology
dc.subjectelectrical conductivityen_NZ
dc.subjectcortical tissueen_NZ
dc.titleIn vitro electrical conductivity of seizing and non-seizing mouse brain slices at 10 kHzen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Articleen_NZ
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/0031-9155/58/11/3599en_NZ


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