Invited webinar -Electrophysiology techniques and their application- by Dr. Laura Clara Grandi

"Electrophysiology techniques and their application" presented by Gabriel Mbalaviele, Department of Medicine, Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, USA; Chaired by Dr. Dr. Laura Clara Grandi, University of Milano-Bicocca.

Electrophysiology techniques are the protagonists, from in vitro single ion channel activity to in vivo brain networks. Patch-clamping is used to investigate the activity of ion channels to understand the mechanisms, in both physiological and pathological conditions. Since the key role of ion channels in different neurological diseases, it is fundamental to understand their functional mechanisms and how and if these change in pathological conditions. To investigate the network activity of a neuronal population, it is essential to use the extracellular field potential recording technique, which can give us information on how the activity is transmitted and processed inside a specific network or even in the brain. To investigate brain activity, we have to use techniques such as fMRI or EEG, that give us information about the oscillatory activity (EEG) or metabolic requests (fMRI) of regions in specific conditions. During this webinar, we will explore some of these techniques and their applications, based on different experimental questions.

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