Use of optical imaging in brain slices from developing rats to evaluate spatio-temporal dynamics of large-scale neuronal coalitions: effects of physiological and pharmacological manipulations

<p>Voltage-sensitive dye imaging (VSDI), is a relatively novel technique which enables the recording and observation of neuronal population activity at the meso-scale of brain organisation. This optical imaging technique is used here in combination with extracellular electrophysiology (field p...