Abstract

The electrophysiological properties of individual neurons within organotypic explants of neonatal rat cortex were examined via intracellular recordings. The explants were grown for two weeks in a serum-free medium. The electrophysiological properties of the neurons within these explants were similar to those reported for both adult cortex in vivo and short-term in vitro slice preparations. The results of the present study show that cortical explants grown under serum-free conditions can serve as a useful model for long-term developmental studies associated with the physiological basis of neural network formation.

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