Chronic multi-electrode neural recording in free-roaming monkeys.

Journal Article (Journal Article)

Many behaviors of interest to neurophysiologists are difficult to study under laboratory conditions because such behaviors are often inhibited when an animal is restrained and socially isolated. Even under the best conditions, such behaviors may be sparse enough as to require long duration neural recordings or simultaneous recording of multiple neurons to gather a sufficient amount of data for analysis. We have developed a preparation for chronic, multi-electrode recordings in the auditory cortex of marmoset monkeys, small primates, as well as techniques for neurophysiological recordings when the animals are free-roaming while singly caged in the environment of the monkey colony. In this report, we describe our solutions to overcome the problems associated with chronic recordings in free-roaming animals, where three-dimensional movements present particular challenges.

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Duke Authors

Cited Authors

  • Eliades, SJ; Wang, X

Published Date

  • July 30, 2008

Published In

Volume / Issue

  • 172 / 2

Start / End Page

  • 201 - 214

PubMed ID

  • 18572250

Pubmed Central ID

  • PMC2553366

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0165-0270

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.04.029

Language

  • eng

Conference Location

  • Netherlands