An agar-based on-chip neural-cell-cultivation system for stepwise control of network pattern generation during cultivation

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 156-162

  Sugio, Yoshihiro ^a   Komjima, Kensuke ^a   Moriguchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Takahashi, Kazunori ^a   Kaneko, Tomoyuki ^a   Yasuda, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agar microchamber; Change of structure; Neural network pattern; On chip culture system; Photo thermal etching

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CHROMIUM; COATINGS; CULTIVATION; ETCHING; FLUORESCENCE; GLASS; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER BEAMS; MELTING; NEURAL NETWORKS;

AGAR MICROCHAMBERS; CHANGE OF STRUCTURES; NEURAL NETWORK PATTERNS; ON-CHIP CULTURE SYSTEMS; PHOTO-THERMAL ETCHING;

BIOSENSORS;

EID: 2342584758     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(03)00550-1     Document Type: Article

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