Abstract
Neurotransmission operates on a millisecond timescale but is changed by normal experience or neuropathology over days to months. Despite the importance of long-term neurotransmitter dynamics, no technique exists to track these changes in a subject from day to day over extended periods of time. Here we describe and characterize a microsensor that can detect the neurotransmitter dopamine with subsecond temporal resolution over months in vivo in rats and mice.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 126-9 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Nature Methods |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2010 |
Keywords
- Animals
- Behavior, Animal
- Biosensing Techniques
- Dopamine
- Electrochemistry
- Electrodes, Implanted
- Equipment Design
- Equipment Failure Analysis
- Mesencephalon
- Mice
- Microelectrodes
- Miniaturization
- Monitoring, Ambulatory
- Neurotransmitter Agents
- Rats
- Reproducibility of Results
- Sensitivity and Specificity