Dear colleagues,
In the near future I must perform a series of experiments with a compound which is highly sensitive to the mechanical movement induced by bubbling the ACSF. So we deliberatly need to remove the carbogen in our experiments.
What I have tried so far is the addition of 30 mM HEPES to try to maintain the pH stable. So I tried experiments using the regular ACSF + HEPES, and I adjust the pH to 7.3 - 7.4 just before the recording. However, the slices are by far not as good as with carbogen. I thought about saturating the ACSF with carbogen just before the experiment, but then the slices are not that stable. Any other idea?
Furthermore, I don't have too much quantity available of this compound, so we probably need to recirculate the ACSF in these experiments. Do you know how much this procedure can compromise the recording?
Does anyone have any suggestion regarding these two technical challenges?
Thank you very much for your attention.
Diego Fernández