Preferential glial cell attachment to microcontact printed surfaces

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-177

  St John, Pamela M ^a,e   Kam, Lance ^b,c   Turner, Stephen W ^a   Craighead, Harold G ^a   Issacson, Michael ^a   Turner, James N ^c,d   Shain, William ^c,d  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Astroglia; Cell attachment; Cell culture; Microcontact printing; Self assembled monolayer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GLIA CELL; MACROGLIA; MONOLAYER CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINES; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEUROGLIA; RATS; SILICON; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VINCULIN;

EID: 0001711740     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(97)00069-1     Document Type: Article

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