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In order to develop physiologically relevant experiments that test electrical activity in and between neurons, it is necessary to closely model the physiological milieu. This chapter discusses external and internal solution components for in vitro brain slice electrophysiology. These recipes have been developed throughout the years to model the physiological environment and to help produce viable, healthy neurons.

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Graziane, N., Dong, Y. (2016). Salt Environment. In: Electrophysiological Analysis of Synaptic Transmission. Neuromethods, vol 112. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3274-0_4

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