Carbon nanotube substrates boost neuronal electrical signaling

Nano Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1107-1110

  Lovat, Viviana ^a   Pantarotto, Davide ^a   Lagostena, Laura ^a,b   Cacciari, Barbara ^c   Grandolfo, Micaela ^d   Righi, Massimo ^d   Spalluto, Giampiero ^a,b   Prato, Maurizio ^a,b   Ballerini, Laura ^b,d  

^a Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CELLS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURAL NETWORKS; PURIFICATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNALING;

CELL ADHESION; NEURONAL CIRCUITS; NEURONAL ELECTRICAL SIGNALING; POSTSYNAPTIC CIRCUITS (PSC);

CARBON NANOTUBES;

CARBON NANOTUBE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENDRITE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENDRITES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21644474768     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl050637m     Document Type: Article

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