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A method is described for tungsten microelectrodes whereby extracellular recording sites in nervous tissue can be localized by electrical deposition of tungsten ions and chemical reduction to visible “tungsten blue”.
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Pabst, A. A simple method for use with tungsten microelectrodes for the localization of recording sites. Pflugers Arch. 339, 355–358 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00594170
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00594170