Gold-Coated Microelectrode Array with Thiol Linked Self-Assembled Monolayers for Engineering Neuronal Cultures

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 158-165

  Nam, Yoonkey ^a   Chang, John C ^a   Wheeler, Bruce C ^a   Brewer, Gregory J ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell patterning; Hippocampal pyramidal cells; MEA; Neural recording; Neuronal network; Self assembled monolayer (SAM)

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; BIOSENSORS; BRAIN; CELL CULTURE; COATING TECHNIQUES; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRODES; GOLD; MICROELECTRODES; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEUROLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; TITANIUM;

MICROELECTRODE ARRAYS (MEA);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

BIOMATERIAL; GOLD; POLYLYSINE; THIOL; THIOL DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; BRAIN SLICE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRODE; EMBRYOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HIPPOCAMPUS; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; METHODOLOGY; MICROELECTRODE; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RELIABILITY; SYNTHESIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GOLD; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; NERVE NET; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0346256851     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2003.820336     Document Type: Article

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