Towards a method for peripheral nervous system axonal stiffness measurements with MEMS-based microgrippers

2nd International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 403-405

  Layton, B E ^a   Allen, K B ^a   Myers, K A ^a   Stokes, M D ^a   Baas, P W ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELL CULTURE; METABOLISM; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; STIFFNESS; TISSUE;

AXONAL STIFFNESS; MICROGRIPPERS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR (NGF); PLANE STIFFNESS;

NEUROLOGY;

EID: 33744499941     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CNE.2005.1419644     Document Type: Conference Paper

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