Main description:

This book is a concise, easy-to read guide to a selection of the most important contemporary electrophysiological techniques, their implementation, applications, and ways in which they can be combined and integrated with related neuroscience techniques. It is intended for students, postdocs and faculty with a basic neuroscience background, so does not obscure the relevant technical details with textbook neuroscience tutorials as many other books do. Each chapter
provides a concise overview of the underlying theory, a comprehensive description of equipment, materials, methods, data management and analysis, a troubleshooting guide, and a list of frequently asked questions. No book or online resource can function as a strictly DIY set of instructions on how to
implement a complex technique. However, this book provides a fundamental and accessible set of information intended to form a foundation prior to, during, and after hands-on experience and training, greatly facilitating the initial learning process and subsequent fine-tuning of technical details.

Contents:

Introduction ; Matt Carter and Ellen Covey ; Chapter 1: Patch Clamp Recording in Brain Slices ; Luke Campagnola and Paul Manis ; Chapter 2: Patch Clamp Recording in vivo ; David Ferster ; Chapter 3: Extracellular Single Unit Recordings and Neuropharmacological Methods ; William L. Coleman and R. Michael Burger ; Chapter 4: Multi-electrode Recording of Neural Activity in Awake Behaving Animals ; Samantha Summerson and Caleb Kemere ; Chapter 5: Fast-Scan Cyclic Voltammetry in Behaving Animals ; Monica M. Arnold, Lauren M. Burgeno, and Paul E. M. Phillips ; Chapter 6: Electroencephalogram Recording in Humans ; Julia W. Y. Kam and Todd C. Handy ; Chapter 7: Electroencephalography and Local Field Potentials in Animals ; Sean Reed, Sonia Jego, and Antoine Adamantidis ; Chapter 8: Voltage-Sensitive Dye Imaging ; William Frost and Jian-young Wu ; Chapter 9: Optogenetics and Electrophysiology ; Hua-an Tseng, Richie E. Kohman, and Xue Han ; Glossary