Microfluidic device for axonal elongation control

Digest of Technical Papers - International Conference on Solid State Sensors and Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS '05

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1741-1744

  Nakashima, Yuta ^a   Yasuda, Takashi ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axonal elongation; Microfluidics; Microvalve; Nano hole; Nerve growth factor

Indexed keywords

AXONAL ELONGATION; MICRO-FLUIDICS; MICROVALVES; NANO-HOLES; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR (NGF);

ARRAYS; CONTROL THEORY; FLUORESCENCE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SOLUTIONS; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

FLUIDIC DEVICES;

EID: 27544501417     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2005.1497428     Document Type: Conference Paper

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