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ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Stability of spontaneous electrical activity of neural networks in vitro

Sokolov IS1,2, Tatarintsev MK1,3, Khasanov RY1,4, Azieva AM1, Makarenko EYu2, Burtsev MS1,3,5
About authors

1 Department of Neurosciences, Kurchatov Complex of NBICS Technologies,
National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia

2 Department of Physiology, Biomedical Faculty,
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

3 Department of NBIC Technologies, Faculty of Nano-, Bio-, Information and Cognitive Technologies,
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Dolgoprudny, Russia

4 Department of Human and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Biology,
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

5 National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow

Correspondence should be addressed: Ilya Sokolov
ul. Chertanovskaya, d. 49, k. 2, kv. 121, Moscow, Russia, 117534; moc.liamg@volokosresli

About paper

Funding: this work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, grant no. 15-11-30014.

Received: 2016-04-01 Accepted: 2016-04-07 Published online: 2017-01-05
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