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Recording of Electroretinogram and Visual Evoked Potential in a Rat
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2025
This video demonstrates how to record electroretinogram (ERG) and visual evoked potential (VEP) in a conscious rat. The rat, with surgically implanted electrodes, is first dark-adapted. After applying dilating drops, the animal is placed in a restrainer and positioned in a Ganzfeld bowl. The ERG and VEP signals are then recorded.
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Recording of Visual Evoked Potentials via the Skull Electrodes in a Rat Model
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2025
This video demonstrates the process of measuring visual evoked potentials or VEPs in a dark-adapted, anesthetized rat with pre-implanted skull electrodes, which record the electrical signals from the brain's visual cortex in response to light stimuli.
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Simultaneous Recording of Electroretinography and Visual Evoked Potentials in Anesthetized Rats
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2016
This protocol describes simultaneous measurement of electroretinogram and visual evoked potentials in anesthetized rats.
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Visual Evoked Potential Recording in a Rat Model of Experimental Optic Nerve Demyelination
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2015
Focal demyelination is induced in the optic nerve using lysolecithin microinjection. Visual evoked potentials are recorded via skull electrodes implanted over the visual cortex to examine the signal conduction along the visual pathway in vivo. This protocol details the surgical procedures underlying electrode implantation and optic nerve microinjection.
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Biosensing Motor Neuron Membrane Potential in Live Zebrafish Embryos
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2017
Protocols described here allow for the study of the electrical properties of excitable cells in the most non-invasive physiological conditions by employing zebrafish embryos in an in vivo system together with a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based genetically encoded voltage indicator (GEVI) selectively expressed in the cell type of interest.
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Transcranial magnetic or electrical stimulation activates neurons in the motor cortex. The resulting descending signal travels through the corticospinal tract and reaches spinal and peripheral motor pathways, ultimately producing muscle activity. Surface electromyography captures that activity as a waveform, allowing investigators to examine whether transmission through the motor system is functionally preserved.
MEP amplitude represents the size of the recorded muscle response, whereas latency indicates the timing between stimulation and that response. Examining both measures helps researchers characterize functional transmission along the motor pathways. Changes in these waveform features can therefore provide evidence of altered motor system function without relying only on structural observations.
Magnetic and electrical stimulation are two ways to activate motor cortical neurons and initiate descending signals. The overview identifies both as transcranial approaches, while surface electromyography provides the common recording method for resulting muscle activity. Using these stimulation options allows studies of corticospinal function across different experimental or clinical settings while retaining comparable pathway-focused measurements.
A typical measurement places a transcranial magnetic or electrical stimulus over the motor system and records the resulting muscle activity with surface electromyography. The recorded waveform is then evaluated through features such as amplitude and latency. This workflow links a controlled activation of motor pathways with an observable physiological response that can be compared across conditions or time points.
During neurosurgery, MEP monitoring can track functional changes in motor pathways while an operation is in progress. Because the responses reflect corticospinal tract integrity, changes in the recorded muscle waveforms may provide information about motor system status during the procedure. This application extends MEPs beyond diagnosis into real-time assessment of neural function.
MEPs help investigate disorders that affect the brain, spinal cord, or peripheral motor pathways by providing a functional measure of motor-system performance. They also support studies of motor control, neuroplasticity, rehabilitation, and treatment outcomes. Repeated measurements can therefore help researchers examine changes in pathway function and evaluate how interventions relate to motor-system recovery or adaptation.