Source 1review2015Frontiers in Neuroscience
Toolkit/microprobe
microprobe
Also known as: microprobes
Taxonomy: Technique Branch / Method. Workflows sit above the mechanism and technique branches rather than replacing them.
Summary
Microelectrode arrays and microprobes have been widely utilized to measure neuronal activity, both in vitro and in vivo.
Usefulness & Problems
Why this is useful
Microprobes are presented as a neuronal activity measurement technology used in vitro and in vivo. The abstract names them alongside microelectrode arrays as part of the review scope.; measuring neuronal activity in vitro; measuring neuronal activity in vivo
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Microprobes are presented as a neuronal activity measurement technology used in vitro and in vivo. The abstract names them alongside microelectrode arrays as part of the review scope.
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measuring neuronal activity in vitro
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measuring neuronal activity in vivo
Problem solved
They provide a way to measure neuronal activity across experimental settings. The abstract does not give further operational detail.; provides a means to measure neuronal activity
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They provide a way to measure neuronal activity across experimental settings. The abstract does not give further operational detail.
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provides a means to measure neuronal activity
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provides a means to measure neuronal activity
LiteratureThey provide a way to measure neuronal activity across experimental settings. The abstract does not give further operational detail.
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They provide a way to measure neuronal activity across experimental settings. The abstract does not give further operational detail.
Taxonomy & Function
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Technique Branch
Method: A concrete measurement method used to characterize an engineered system.
Techniques
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Implementation Constraints
cofactor dependency: cofactor requirement unknownencoding mode: genetically encodedimplementation constraint: context specific validationoperating role: sensor
Operational role: sensor. Implementation mode: genetically encoded. Cofactor status: cofactor requirement unknown.
Unlike intracellular recording, microelectrodes detect signals from all possible sources around each sensor rather than providing single-cell or single-channel resolution.
Validation
Cell-freeBacteriaMammalianMouseHumanTherapeuticIndep. Replication
Supporting Sources
Ranked Claims
A key advantage of microelectrode arrays is the ability to record and stimulate neurons at multiple sites simultaneously.
Advanced microelectrode array measurement methods facilitate understanding of single neurons as well as network function.
Microelectrode arrays and microprobes are widely used to measure neuronal activity in vitro and in vivo.
Unlike intracellular recording, microelectrodes detect signals from all possible sources around each sensor rather than providing single-cell or single-channel resolution.
Approval Evidence
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Microelectrode arrays and microprobes have been widely utilized to measure neuronal activity, both in vitro and in vivo.
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capability summarysupports
Microelectrode arrays and microprobes are widely used to measure neuronal activity in vitro and in vivo.
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Comparisons
Source-backed strengths
widely utilized for neuronal activity measurement; used in vitro and in vivo
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widely utilized for neuronal activity measurement
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used in vitro and in vivo
Compared with Langendorff perfused heart electrical recordings
microprobe and Langendorff perfused heart electrical recordings address a similar problem space.
Shared frame: same top-level item type
Strengths here: looks easier to implement in practice.
Compared with native green gel system
microprobe and native green gel system address a similar problem space.
Shared frame: same top-level item type
Strengths here: looks easier to implement in practice.
microprobe and sub-picosecond pump-probe analysis of bacteriorhodopsin pigments address a similar problem space.
Shared frame: same top-level item type
Strengths here: looks easier to implement in practice.
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