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The small size of microelectrodes enables their use as sensors in biological systems of easily oxidized chemical substances. Carbon-fiber electrodes implanted in the brain can be used to examine the dynamic concentration changes of the neurotransmitter dopamine. In thin slices of brain tissue, the electrodes can be used to simultaneously detect neurotransmitter secretion and oxygen use. At single cells secretion processes can be resolve in real time.
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Wightman, R.M., Kennedy, R.T., Wiedemann, D.J., Kawagoe, K.T., Zimmerman, J.B., Leszczyszyn, D.J. (1991). Microelectrodes in Biological Systems. In: Montenegro, M.I., Queirós, M.A., Daschbach, J.L. (eds) Microelectrodes: Theory and Applications. NATO ASI Series, vol 197. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3210-7_27
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