Guided neuronal growth using optical line traps

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 10507-10517

  Carnegie, D J ^a   Stevenson, D J ^a   Mazilu, M ^a   Gunn Moore, F ^a   Dholakia, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

ASYMMETRIC INTENSITY; GAUSSIAN LIGHT BEAMS; INTENSITY VARIATIONS; NEURONAL GROWTH; NEURONAL GROWTH CONES; OPTICAL LINE TRAPS; OPTICAL TORQUE; THEORETICAL MODELING;

NEURONS;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL LINE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; LASER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; OPTICS; PATHOLOGY; PSEUDOPODIUM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL LINE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LASERS; MICE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEURONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; OPTICS; PSEUDOPODIA;

EID: 47249121746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.010507     Document Type: Article

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