Acute head-fixed recordings in awake mice with multiple Neuropixels probes

Séverine Durand, Greggory R. Heller, Tamina K. Ramirez, Jennifer A. Luviano, Allison Williford, David T. Sullivan, Alex J. Cahoon, Colin Farrell, Peter A. Groblewski, Corbett Bennett, Joshua H. Siegle, Shawn R. Olsen

Published: 2022-12-06 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-022-00768-6

Neuropixels probes

awake mice

electrophysiological recordings

stereotaxic surgery

mouse visual system

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Multi-electrode arrays such as Neuropixels probes enable electrophysiological recordings from large populations of single neurons with high temporal resolution. By using such probes, the activity from functionally interacting, yet distinct, brain regions
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