In vivo use of a nanoknife for axon microsurgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 683-691

  Chang, Wesley C ^a   Hawkes, Elizabeth A ^a   Kliot, Michel ^b,c   Sretavan, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Puget Sound Veterans Administration Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Microelectromechanical systems; Microfabrication; Microsurgery; Nanoknife; Nanoneurosurgery; Nanotechnology; Subcellular surgery

Indexed keywords

SILICON NITRIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROMANIPULATOR; MICROSURGERY; MOUSE; NANOKNIFE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSURGERY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 35948979651     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000298896.31355.80     Document Type: Article

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