Optically guided neuronal growth at near infrared wavelengths

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 9786-9793

  Stevenson, D J ^a   Lake, T K ^a   Agate, B ^a   Garces Chavez V ^a   Dholakia, K ^a   Gunn Moore, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELLS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; INFRA-RED WAVELENGTHS; NEURONAL CELLS; OPTICAL SET-UPS;

GROWTH KINETICS;

EID: 33750306674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.009786     Document Type: Article

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