Intracellular calcium response and adhesiveness of chick embryonic retinal neurons to photoelectric dye-coupled polyethylene films as prototypes of retinal prostheses

Artificial Organs

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 695-703

  Uji, Akihito ^a   Matsuo, Toshihiko ^a   Uchida, Tetsuya ^b   Shimamura, Kaoru ^b   Ohtsuki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium imaging; Chick embryonic retinal neurons; Glial cells; Immunocytochemistry; Retinal prostheses; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HYDROGELS; NEURONS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHOTOELECTRICITY; POLYETHYLENES; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY);

CALCIUM IMAGING; CHICK EMBRYONIC RETINAL NEURON; EMBRYONICS; GLIAL CELLS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; PHOTOELECTRICS; POLYETHYLENE FILM; RETINAL CELLS; RETINAL PROSTHESIS;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

2 [2 [4 (DIBUTYLAMINO)PHENYL]ETHENYL] 3 CARBOXYMETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLIUM BROMIDE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; DYE; PHOTOELECTRIC DYE; POLYETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL ADHESION; CELL GROWTH; CELL TYPE; CHICK EMBRYO; COATED PARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EMBRYO; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MELTING POINT; MUELLER CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINA PROSTHESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 33747892843     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2006.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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