The neurochip: A new multielectrode device for stimulating and recording from cultured neurons

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-56

  Maher, Michael P ^a   Pine, Jerome ^a   Wright, John ^b   Tai, Yu Chong ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Math Astron California Inst T ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Mouse; Organ culture; Photoreceptor degeneration; Retinal explant

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; DEVICE; ELECTRODE; FETUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MICROCOMPUTERS; MICROELECTRODES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; RATS; SILICON;

EID: 0033083227     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(98)00156-3     Document Type: Article

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