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It is now feasible from the standpoints of medical ethics, safety, and effectiveness, to tap the activity of single neural cells in the human brain. Recordings, sometimes from the same cell, can be made over a period of days by means of indwelling microelectrodes placed during intracranial operation. Such recordings are of value, especially those in the visual system, because to understand the functioning of the central nervous system, we need to know to what stimuli these cells respond.
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Marg, E. (1973). Recording from Single Cells in the Human Visual Cortex. In: Jung, R. (eds) Visual Centers in the Brain. Handbook of Sensory Physiology, vol 7 / 3 / 3 B. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65495-4_10
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