Sentences with phrase «called microelectrode»

At the same time, the activity of hundreds of nerve cells was measured with so - called microelectrode arrays.

Australian neurophysiologist John Eccles and his colleagues in 1951 first managed to insert miniscule - tipped probes called microelectrodes directly into a neuron from the central nervous system to measure its responses to signals from neighboring neurons.

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Julian Dindas, a PhD student at Hedrich's department, used microelectrodes that register the electric voltage of the root hair's cell membrane, the so - called membrane potential, to study the early responses of the cell to a hormone pulse.

In addition, the polymer - based material, called Parylene C, is less invasive and damaging to surrounding cells and tissue than previous microelectrode arrays comprised of silicon or microwires.