Mems platform for studying neurogenesis under controlled mechanical tension

2005 3rd IEEE/EMBS Special Topic Conference on Microtechnology in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 408-411

  Wu, Vincent C ^a   Law, Trevor ^a   Hsu, Ching Mei ^b   Lin, Gisela ^a   Tang, William C ^a   Monuki, Edwin S ^b  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; MEMS; Micromechanics; Neural stem cell; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROSTRUCTURE; TENSILE TESTING;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS;

NEUROLOGY;

EID: 33845311557     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MMB.2005.1548490     Document Type: Conference Paper

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