Geometry-based finite-element modeling of the electrical contact between a cultured neuron and a microelectrode

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 501-509

  Buitenweg, Jan Reinoud ^a   Rutten, Wim L C ^a   Marani, Enrico ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ccultured neurons; Finite element modeling; Multielectrode arrays; Neuron electrode contact

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MICROELECTRODES;

NEURON-ELECTRODE INTERFACE;

CELL CULTURE;

ELECTROLYTE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MICROELECTRODE; MODEL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; SIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EVALUATION; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037389212     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2003.809486     Document Type: Article

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